Six coins: three silver colored coins of three sizes, each bearing the same two characters on both front and back; two aluminum colored coins; one bronze colored coin. A, B, C: Three silver-colored coins with two characters, printed in raised lettering, one above the other, both appearing on both sides of the coins. Diameters: 1.5"; 1.25";.875" E, F: Two aluminum colored coins, each with the same two characters, printed in raised lettering, one above the other, appearing on one side of the coin, and different characters indicating monetary denomination on the other. The smaller of the two contains the character mao (or jiao) which is the character meaning one-tenth of the basic Chinese monetary unit, the kuai (or yuan). Diameters: 1.5"; 1" D: One bronze colored coin with The same two characters shared by one side of coins E and F on one side and the characters for "5 jiao" on the other. Diameter: 1.25"

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