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skylee -

I was in Santiago de Compostela and without better things to do spent time in the museum of the
Cathedral looking at things that would not usually interest me, like coins.

There were exhibits of coins from 54 places commemorating an event in 1976. And item 54 was listed
as "China: Amuletos Conmemorativos". But the coins don't look Chinese at all. To me they look
Vietnamese. Would those of you who know the old Vietnamese take a look and tell me if they are
Vietnamese or not? (Click to enlarge the photos.)





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HashiriKata -

The characters on the coins don't look like real Chinese characters, what do you think? (I
recognize only one which looks like 七.)

If they're not Chinese characters, I think they're not Vietnamese coins but may be Western fake,
intended to look like Chinese coins.










Yuchi -

The second one reminds me of 海 in an obscure way.

You can (tediously) browse through chu nom here if you want, but I don't think you'll find them:
http://www.glossika.com/en/dict/viet.php

I also didn't see anything in the collections part of the museum's website, but it was still kinda
neat

(http://www.catedraldesantiago.es/ for the curious)










HashiriKata -



Quote:

You can (tediously) browse through chu nom here if you want, but I don't think you'll find them:
http://www.glossika.com/en/dict/viet.php

Don't waste your time, because what is on the coins is not "chu nom", but has the trade-marks of
an imitation of Chinese characters by those who don't know Chinese.










skylee -

Should we tell the museum then?










HashiriKata -



Quote:

Should we tell the museum then?

It would be kind to do so but you may also spoil their fun in doing that.
(Now you've triggered the Hamlet in me!!! )












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