It's been tough. When the lecturer said he was going to set mind-blowing questions for his exams, he wasn't kidding.
I went in there and in the exam I started learning new things 😂😂😭
Regardless I got some inspiration based on what I learnt today so there's no problem.
The exam I'm talking about is my exam on Principle of Automative Engineering.
And because of that exam, I went out to search for a coin related to Automotives, and I found just that.
The AutoDollar/ 汽車錢
Yeah.. It was kinda rad seeing a coin on the first try, one whose design is so dope and in tune with it's theme and yet has a bit of a backstory on it.
Apparently, this coin, known by many names including The Automobile Coin or The Guizhou Car Coin is a coin minted by the Chinese Warlord Zhou Xicheng to commemorate the construction of roadways in the Guizhou province in the year 1928.
You just know he has to be a big thinker for him to be a warlord and building roads. Zhou infact was one of the last Warlords as he rose to power during the military and political upheaval of the Warlord era.
Still he did leave his mark, being the first Warlord to ever own an Automobile in the rural province, oversee road construction and the building and production of a mint and arsenal in Guiyang.
Zhou, unlike any other Chinese Warlord didn't commission any coin portraying his image, although his coins did have some hints towards him.
For on the obverse of this coin, it is his car that is portrayed and the grass intricately arranged to spell out his personal name Xicheng.
This coin is heavily counterfeited, with 684,000 original minted, yet it fell out of supply and regular circulation at the year 1930.
As of 2023, a certified example grade coin was sold for $336,000 at an auction.
Incredibly old, wonderful design, commemorative, good resale value and it's CHINESE!!!!
This is the silver coin for the win guys!!!
An auto dollar!
Coin images were gotten from here
My Instagram page.