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The First Gu Long Licensed Coin
The Coin for the 55th Anniversary of the Issue of Legend of Chu Liu Xiang
Legend of Chu is one of 70 kung fu novels by Hong Kong's famous kung fu novelist Gu Long (古龍) (1937-1985), as one of his representative works. The novel was first published in 1967, and it is one of the most famous Chinese kung fu novels.
It has been dramatized many times. For instance, there was a TVB TV drama in 1979 with Adam Cheng which is quite classic and well-known by the Chinese audience. Hong Kong leading movie star Di Longalso played a famous Hong Kong movie named Clans of Intrigue produced by Shaw Brothers Pictures in 1977. IAsure Group, the parent company of Champion Auction and The Journal of East Asian Numismatics, once worked with the producer of the Legend of Chu TV drama, CHS Media, in promoting the development of the drama including the first TV drama blog on Sina and title song contest with eBay at the Noble Family Club, an imperial granary. The TV drama was shown on CCTV 8 in 2007, as its No. 3 rated TV drama for the year.
Authorized by the publisher of the novel, the Coin for the 55th Anniversary of the Issue of Legend of Chu Liu Xiang is the first time a novel has been presented on legal tender, and it will be issued in the middle of May 2023.
The figure of Chu Liuxiang on the obverse was drawn by Hong Kong's leading comic artist Lee Chi Ching. Lee was born in Hong Kong in 1963, and was engaged in comic creation for more than 30 years. He is highly accomplished in Chinese painting, was highly valued by Jin Yong and Gu Long, and many of his works have been in the galleries in Hong Kong or private collections. He is the first cartoonist from Hong Kong to have his work published in Japan and his work Sun Zi's Tactics won the first International Manga Award that the Japanese Government sponsored in 2007.
It has been dramatized many times. For instance, there was a TVB TV drama in 1979 with Adam Cheng which is quite classic and well-known by the Chinese audience. Hong Kong leading movie star Di Longalso played a famous Hong Kong movie named Clans of Intrigue produced by Shaw Brothers Pictures in 1977. IAsure Group, the parent company of Champion Auction and The Journal of East Asian Numismatics, once worked with the producer of the Legend of Chu TV drama, CHS Media, in promoting the development of the drama including the first TV drama blog on Sina and title song contest with eBay at the Noble Family Club, an imperial granary. The TV drama was shown on CCTV 8 in 2007, as its No. 3 rated TV drama for the year.
Authorized by the publisher of the novel, the Coin for the 55th Anniversary of the Issue of Legend of Chu Liu Xiang is the first time a novel has been presented on legal tender, and it will be issued in the middle of May 2023.
The figure of Chu Liuxiang on the obverse was drawn by Hong Kong's leading comic artist Lee Chi Ching. Lee was born in Hong Kong in 1963, and was engaged in comic creation for more than 30 years. He is highly accomplished in Chinese painting, was highly valued by Jin Yong and Gu Long, and many of his works have been in the galleries in Hong Kong or private collections. He is the first cartoonist from Hong Kong to have his work published in Japan and his work Sun Zi's Tactics won the first International Manga Award that the Japanese Government sponsored in 2007.
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Chu Liuxiang pictured by Lee Chi Ching
The coin was designed by Yu Min, the winner of the 2017 Krause Publication's Coin of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award for Design. The obverse features Chu Liuxiang, and it uses the Qi (氣) with the latest laser effect as a background. It is inscribed with the Chinese and English characters "Legend of Chu 1967-2023". The reverse is the scene of three heroines, namely Song Tian'er, Li Hongxiu, and Su Rongrong on a pleasure boat, with Chinese-style imitation Cloisonne wave patterns on the edge.
The coin is packed in the form of an ancient thread-bound Chinese book accompanied by a booklet of original drawings of characters from the novel.
The coin is packed in the form of an ancient thread-bound Chinese book accompanied by a booklet of original drawings of characters from the novel.
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The issuing license of the 55th Anniversary of the Issue of Legend of Chu Liu Xiang has been aproved. It has a mintage of 600, and .999 in purity, 1 ounce in weight, and 40 mm in diameter.
This coin with a fresh theme and limited mintage is worthy of collecting.