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As the name points out, gold coins are coins made almost entirely out of gold. They have been used from a very long time, starting from King Croesus of Lydia who emitted the first coin which was made entirely of gold in 540 BC. Another example of a well known coin was the Ying Yuan, the Chinese coin used in the 6th and 5th century BC. The famous Alexander the Great used to mint golden coins and distribute them in all the territories that he had conquered. Later on, all important kings and other leaders did the same.

In fact, the production of gold coins stopped during the Great Depression in 1933, but they are commercialized even nowadays. Gold coins represented money meaning that the money they used, were made of gold. Nowadays they represent money from a different perspective. First of all, their metal is precious and can be sold at a very high price. Secondly, the fact that they were used in a different epoch adds more value to the coin, making it more expensive.

In what concerns the process of production there are two ways of obtaining gold coins. The first one implies melting the gold and pouring it into a mould while the second method implied using granules of gold which were supposed to be melted in a furnace.

Since it is about gold, the gold collectors buy coins that they call "bullion coins". The purity of the gold from such a bullion coin differs from 90% up to 99, 9%. The rest of the percentage is represented by the alloy material, meaning copper or silver. The purpose of any of these two metals is to offer durability to the coins.

Besides purity, another important characteristic is its weight. Normally, there are 4 sizes for gold bullion coins, but the 1 oz bullion coin is the most frequently used.

Moreover, remember that gold was used at the beginning just to adorn. For this reason, gold coins are usually decorated with different symbols representative for the country which mints the coin: animals, famous kings or queens and so on.

Regarding their number, it is estimated that there are as many as 250 million coins in the world. Coins made out of this precious metal are denominated in troy ounces or in grams. Actually, the first denominated coin was the Krugerrand from South Africa especially because most of the gold mines in the world may be found on that continent. The Krugerrand was for nine years the only gold bullion coin commercialized on the international market.

Other important coins in the world are the Australian Gold Nugget "Kangaroo" Gold Coins. The funny fact about them is that they were placed in a plastic case meant to protect the coin. If you are found of the Chinese animals from their calendar, they can be admired on the Australian Lunar Gold Bullion coin.

Another famous gold coin is the Vienna Philharmonic Gold Coin, a 24 Karat coin, which was in great demand in the `90s. Still, the most famous coin in the world is the Gold Sovereign, first minted in 1817. The Americans' have their own famous coins, the American Buffalo Gold Coin, made only with American gold.

In short, all these gold coins have their historical and economical value and collectors or investors would be glad to have them. No matter of their wear.

Learn from professionals how to buy gold bullion in times of recession.

Yuan $14.99 Track Listing: 1. Lou Lan, for dizi, erhu, yangqin & shougu - (live, featuring Wang Hong/Tao Chen/Chen Tao/Wang Wei/Zhao Yang-qin), 2. Red Carriage, for solo percussion - (featuring Shayna Dunkelman), 3. Yuah? Yuan! Yuan..., for solo prepared guzheng, 4. She Huo, for pipa, guzheng, voice & percussion ensemble - (live, featuring Wu Fei/Gilles Dumoulin/Gerard Lecointe/Henri-Charles Caget/Pan E-Qing/Sylvie Aubelle/Raphael Aggery/E-Qing Pan), 5. Before I Wake, for piano: 1. Hui - (featuring Stephen Drury), 6. Before I Wake, for piano: 2. Mengyi - (featuring Stephen Drury), 7. Before I Wake, for piano: 3. Qi si - (featuring Stephen Drury), 8. Before I Wake, for piano: 4. Niu niu - (featuring Stephen Drury), 9. Before I Wake, for piano: 5. Lai le, zou le - (featuring Stephen Drury)

Ruan Yuan, 1764-1849 $60 Ruan Yuan, 1764-1849

Gardens of Yuan Ming Yuan, Peking, 1783-86 $34.99 Giuseppe Castiglione Gardens of Yuan Ming Yuan, Peking, 1783-86 - Giclee Print

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Qu Yuan $81.25 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Qu Yuan (Chinese: pinyin: Q Yuan) (ca. 340 BCE 278 BCE) was a Chinese scholar and minister to the King from the southern Chu during the Warring States Period. His works are mostly found in an anthology of poetry known as Chu Ci. His death is traditionally commemorated on Duanwu Festival ( / ), which is commonly known in English as the Dragon Boat Festival or Double Fifth (fifth day of the fifth month of the traditional Chinese calendar).Qu Yuan, born in the Xiling Gorge area of what is today western Hubei province, was a minister in the government of the state of Chu, descended from nobility and a champion of political loyalty and truth eager to maintain the Chu states power. Qu Yuan advocated a policy of alliance with the other kingdoms of the period against the hegemonic Qin state, which threatened to dominate them all. Legend has it that the Chu king fell under the influence of other corrupt, jealous ministers who slandered Qu Yuan and banished his most of loyal counselors. It is said that Qu Yuan returned first to his familys home town. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Timpledon, Miriam T./ Marseken, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 118 Publication Date: 2010/08/03 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.28 inches

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Yuan Zi $98.77 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Yuan Zi (739July 19, 818), courtesy name Deshen, formally the Duke of Huaiyang, was an official and general of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty, serving briefly as chancellor during the reigns of Emperor Shunzong and Emperor Xianzong. Yuan Zi was born in 739, during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong. His family was from Cai Prefecture. It traced its ancestry from a clan of Han Dynasty officials, including Yuan An (who, however, was not a direct ancestor), with direct descendance through a line of officials of Han, Cao Wei, Jin Dynasty (265420), Liu Song, Liang Dynasty, Northern Zhou, Sui Dynasty, and Tang Dynasty. His grandfather Yuan Zhixuan served as a prefectural official, while his father Yuan Chu served as a county magistrate. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Tennoe, Mariam T./ Henssonow, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 154 Publication Date: 2010/09/12 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.36 inches

Yuan Zhao $58.94 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Yuan Zhao(526May 17, 528), also known in history as Youzhu, was briefly an emperor of the Chinese/Xianbei dynasty Northern Wei. Yuan Zhao was a son of Yuan Baohui the Prince of Lintao, who was a grandson of Emperor Xiaowen and therefore cousin to Emperor Xiaoming, the reigning emperor at the time of Yuan Zhaos birth in 526. In 528, Emperor Xiaoming was poisoned to death by his mother Empress Dowager Hu after trying to curb her power and trying to kill her lover Zheng Yan. Emperor Xiaoming was sonless, and while Empress Dowager Hu initially tried to pretend that Emperor Xiaomings daughter, by his concubine Consort Pan, was actually a son, she soon realized that she could not carry on the deception, and she named Yuan Zhao emperor selecting him due to his young age so that she could control him. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Tennoe, Mariam T./ Henssonow, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 70 Publication Date: 2010/09/12 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.17 inches

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Yuan Shikai $74.88 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Yuan Shikai was an important Chinese general and politician famous for his influence during the late Qing Dynasty, his role in the events leading up to the abdication of the last Qing Emperor of China, his autocratic rule as the first President of the Republic of China, and his shortlived attempt to revive the Chinese monarchy, with himself as the Great Emperor of China. Yuan Shikai was born in the village of Zhangying, Xiangcheng county, Chenzhou prefecture, Henan province. Chenzhou is now called Huaiyang. The village of Zhangying is located immediately north of the centre of Xiangcheng. The Yuan family later moved to a hilly area that was easier to defend, 16 kilometers southeast of Xiangcheng. There the Yuans had built a fortified village, Yuanzhai. Yuanzhai is now located inside Wangmingkou township, on the territory of the countylevel city of Xiangcheng. The large country estate of the Yuan family there was recently opened to tourism by the Peoples Republic of China. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Timpledon, Miriam T./ Marseken, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 120 Publication Date: 2010/06/13 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.28 inches

Yuan Weishi $79.66 PMHigh Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Yuan Weishi, is a professor of philosophy at Zhongshan University in Guangzhou, China. He was born in Xingning, Guangdong, December 1931. In the January 2006 issue of Bingdian ,professor Yuan published an essay titled Modernisation and History Textbooks, criticizing the official theme of government issued middle schools history textbooks,claiming that they contain numbers of distortions of the historical accounts. Professor Yuan said: The public,especially the students, have the right to find out the true historical facts. Professor Yuan stated that Chinas early social events such as AntiRightist Campaign, the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution, is the result of the drinking of wolfs milk by the ordinary Chinese population. Recently when he was glancing through some high school textbooks, he was stunned to find out: our youth are still drinking the wolfs mil Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Tennoe, Mariam T./ Henssonow, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 114 Publication Date: 2010/09/12 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.27 inches

Yuan Xuefen $79.66 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Yuan Xuefen (b. March 26, 1922) is a noted performer in the Yueju opera genre of Chinese opera. She has been called arguably the most important actress in the recent history of Yueju Shaoxing] opera. Yuan is most known for playing the title role in the 1946 production of Sister Xianglin, an adaptation of a work by Lu Xun. Before beginning work on the adaptation of the work, she personally visited the home of Xu Guangping and Zhou Haiying, Lu Xuns wife and son, and asked their permission. According to Zhou, his mother quickly granted the request. Yuan is credited with leading the reform of Yueju opera staging during the 1940s. Changes included the extensive use of lighting and scenery, and a new, soft style of costuming. In 1964, the film Stage Sisters, based on Yuans life, was released. During the Cultural Revolution, Yuan was severely criticized as a way of attacking Premier Zhou Enlai, who supported the film. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Tennoe, Mariam T./ Henssonow, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 114 Publication Date: 2010/09/12 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.27 inches

Yuan GI $68.51 In traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese culture, yuan qi is a description of one form of qi. It is usually described as innate or prenatal qi to distinguish it from acquired qi that a person may develop of their lifetime.Porkert describes the concept as the metaphorical designation of the inborn constitution, the vital potential that is gradually used up in the course of life. It may be conserved but never replenished. The term has been used since at least Yuan dynasty times. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Timpledon, Miriam T./ Marseken, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 84 Publication Date: 2010/07/13 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.20 inches

Ding Yuan $71.7 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Ding Yuan (? 189) was a regional governor and minor warlord during the late Eastern Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms era of China. In 189, both he and Dong Zhuo were summoned into the capital Luoyang with their individual troops to assist in the struggle against the powerful eunuch faction. Ding Yuan, however, was eventually killed by his trusted aide Lu Bu, who had been bought over by Dong Zhuo. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 100 Publication Date: 2010/12/18 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.24 inches

Yuan Ye $68.51 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Yuan Ye (died 532), courtesy name Huaxing, nickname Penzi, often known as the Prince of Changguang, was briefly an emperor of the Chinese/Xianbei dynasty Northern Wei. He was declared emperor by members of the paramount general Erzhu Rongs clan in 530 after Emperor Xiaozhuang had killed Erzhu Rong, and he carried imperial title for several months. However, as a member of the imperial clan who was distant from the lineage of recent emperors (as a descendant of Emperor Wenchengs brother Yuan Zhen the Prince of Nanan, he was not a credible emperor, and in 531, after the Erzhus had prevailed over Emperor Xiaozhuang and put him to death, they forced Yuan Ye to yield the throne to Emperor Xiaozhuangs cousin Yuan Gong the Prince of Guangling, who took the throne as Emperor Jiemin. Emperor Jiemin treated Yuan Ye with respect and created him the Prince of Donghai, a higher title than his prior title of Prince of Changguang, but after Emperor Jiemin and the Erzhus were in turn overthrown by a coalition led by the general Gao Huan and replaced with Emperor Xiaowu, Emperor Xiaowu forced Yuan Ye to commit suicide. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Tennoe, Mariam T./ Henssonow, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 18 Publication Date: 2010/09/12 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.04 inches

Yuan Zhen $90.81 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Yuan Zhen, courtesy name Weizhi, was a politician of the middle Tang Dynasty, but is more known as an important Chinese writer and poet, particularly for work Yingyings Biography, which was often adapted for other treatments, including operatic and musical ones. He was briefly chancellor during the reign of Emperor Muzong. A native of Luoyang, Yuan Zhen was a descendant of Northern Weis imperial family. He lost his father at the age of seven and moved to Fengxiang, near todays Baoji, Shanxi with his mother Lady Zheng. Yuan began his writings at the age of fifteen. He was a member of Bai Juyis literary circle and a key figure in the ancient literature revival. He was a friend of Bai Juyi and also of Xue Tao, a courtesan and famous poet who might have been his lover. Bai Juyi and Yuan Zhen made a Green Mountain pact to retire together as Taoist recluses once they had accumulated enough funds, but Yuans untimely death kept them from achieving that dream. In 813, Yuan wrote a grave inscription for Du Fu, which contains some of the earliest known praise for his predecessors works. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Tennoe, Mariam T./ Henssonow, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 138 Publication Date: 2010/09/12 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.32 inches

Yuan Xianchen $68.51 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Yuan Xianchen is a lawyer human rights activist from Heilongjiang, China. On March 4 2009 he was found guilty of inciting subversion of state power and sentenced to four years inprisonment and five years deprivation of political rights. The verdict is currently being appealed, since Yuan claims evidence used against him in court was extracted by means of torture. Yuan, 44, selfstudied law and is best known for his work as a legal advisor to workers at the Didao Mine in Jixi City. The miners have been seeking compensation from the local government and the mine management since the former stateowned business was restructured and became a private enterprise. Yuans legal aid work in Jixi City since 1998 on behalf of farmers, miners, displaced persons, and other impoverished or exploited citizens earned him the ire of local government officials. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Tennoe, Mariam T./ Henssonow, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 86 Publication Date: 2010/09/12 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.21 inches

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Yuan XIE $68.51 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Yuan Xie (died 508), ne Tuoba Xie, courtesy name Yanhe, formally Prince Wuxuan of Pengcheng, later posthumously honored as Emperor Wenmu with the temple name of Suzu, was an imperial prince of the Chinese/Xianbei dynasty Northern Wei. He was a son of Emperor Xianwen, and he often assisted his brother Emperor Xiaowen both in military and governmental matters. After Emperor Xiaowens death, he briefly served as regent for Emperor Xiaowens son Emperor Xuanwu. Eventually, due to suspicions and jealousy of Emperor Xuanwus uncle Gao Zhao, Emperor Xuanwu believed false reports that Yuan Xie was going to rebel, and forced him to commit suicide. He was later posthumously honored as an emperor by his son Emperor Xiaozhuang, although subsequently Emperor Jiemin retracted the honors. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Tennoe, Mariam T./ Henssonow, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 82 Publication Date: 2010/09/12 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.20 inches

Xue Yuan $90.81 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Xue Yuan is an officer cadet within the Peoples Liberation Army. The rank was established in 1988 as part of the revival of the use of rank by the Peoples Liberation Army. No equivalent rank existed in preCultural Revolution system of rank used by the PLA between 1955 and 1965. The Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) is the unified military organization of all land, sea, strategic missile and air forces of the Peoples Republic of China. The PLA was established on August 1, 1927 celebrated annually as PLA Day as the military arm of the Communist Party of China (CCP). Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Tennoe, Mariam T./ Henssonow, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 144 Publication Date: 2010/08/20 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.34 inches

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Yuan Yi (Han Dynasty) $90.81 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Yuan Yi (d.192) was a scholar near the end of the Han Dynasty in China. He is also an elder cousin of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu. He participated in the campaign against Dong Zhuo in 190, and was stationed in Suanzao with Zhang Miao, Liu Dai, and Qiao Mao. After the coalition dissolved due to internal conflict, Yuan Yi was sent to govern Yangzhou by Yuan Shao since the previous governor Chen Wen died. However, Yuan Shu attacked him in Yangzhou and defeated him. Yuan Yi fled to Pei and was killed by his own soldiers. He was one of the few people highly praised by Cao Cao, who commented Yuan Yi as his equal in scholarship. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Tennoe, Mariam T./ Henssonow, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 146 Publication Date: 2010/09/12 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.34 inches

Yuan Ma: Childhood Memories by Ma, Yuan [Paperback] $50.95 Author: Ma, Yuan Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 88 Publication Date: 2011/07/08 Language: English Dimensions: 11.02 x 8.50 x 0.23 inches

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Selected Papers Of Wang Yuan $161 This volume presents a comprehensive collection of Wang Yuan's original important papers which are not available elsewhere, since the majority of the papers were published in China. Covering both pure number theory and applied mathematics, this book is important for understanding Wang Yuan's academic career and also the development of Chinese mathematics in recent years, since Wang Yuan's work has a wide-ranging influence in China. Wang Yuan is a professor and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He received his honorable Doctorship from Hong Kong Baptist University. He has published 70 papers and ten books.

Palace of the Calm of the Sea and the Water Clock, Garden of Yuan Ming Yuan, Peking, 1783-86 $34.99 Giuseppe Castiglione Palace of the Calm of the Sea and the Water Clock, Garden of Yuan Ming Yuan, Peking, 1783-86 - Giclee Print