This commemorative dollar (actual denomination on one side 'one yuan' and on the other 'Seven Mace and Two Candareens') was struck in 1928, and has a very low mintage of only 648 pieces. The governor of the province wished to have not only his car shown on the coin but his portrait as well, however his Feng Shui advisors warned him that his likeness appearing on the coin would put his life in jeopardy, but he was determined lo leave his mark, so had his name in Chinese characters hidden in the blades of grass below the car. His feng shui masters were unhappy with this compromise. The next year while leading his troops in the same car shown on the coin, he was ambushed by enemy forces. He got out of his car to try and escape, but was killed by the side of the road.
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Can you please show exactly where the governor's name appears in the grass?
Apparently if you rotate the coin so that the front of the car is in the 12 o'clock position, this is where the two characters may be seen. I say "apparently" and "may" as I am unable to discern them myself, I guess they are quite abstract in their representation - if you wern't "in the know" at the time I guess you would have been none the wiser.
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