skylee Posted October 19, 2006 at 05:06 AM Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 at 05:06 AM 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.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HashiriKata Posted October 19, 2006 at 07:13 AM Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 at 07:13 AM 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuchi Posted October 20, 2006 at 03:18 AM Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 at 03:18 AM 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) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HashiriKata Posted October 20, 2006 at 08:20 AM Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 at 08:20 AM 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted October 20, 2006 at 09:22 AM Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 at 09:22 AM Should we tell the museum then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HashiriKata Posted October 20, 2006 at 10:09 AM Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 at 10:09 AM 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!!! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Areckx Posted January 18, 2012 at 08:43 PM Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 at 08:43 PM I know this might make roddy mad, but seeing as how the 2006 link no longer works, and many people will probably find this topic from http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/36356-unusual-stylised-characters-any-ideas/page__pid__270753#comment-270753 I thought I would save you from the trouble of searching, so here: http://nomfoundation.org/vnpf_new/index.php?IDcat=42&cat=7&subcat=2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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