Talk:Junk dollar

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Early 1933 junk dollar

... that a Chinese coin (pictured) was modified to avoid similarities to the Japanese rising sun?

Source: Young, Arthur N. (1971). China's Nation-Building Effort, 1927-1937: The Financial and Economic Record. Hoover Institution. ISBN 9780817910419.To make the design harder to counterfeit, the junk was shown against rays of the sun with three gulls flying overhead. The latter features were promptly criticized, on the grounds that the rising sun suggested Japan [...] So these features were at once removed. pages 185-186

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Moved to mainspace by Generalissima (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 157 past nominations.

Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 13:56, 2 August 2026 (UTC).Reply

- General eligibility:
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Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
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QPQ: Done.

Overall: Moved to mainspace. QPQ done. Image is freely licensed under CC 4.0 (as per source link) and overall clear. Hook is properly cited. The content is interesting and no plagiarism issues. Good to go. Toadboy123 (talk) 07:32, 3 August 2026 (UTC)Reply