A centerpiece in celebrations of the Chinese New Year — as well as other traditional festivals and religious celebrations — the Lion Dance is one of the most iconic Chinese traditions, seen in Diaspora communities throughout the world and in regional variants across numerous Asian countries. Featuring a colorful costume manipulated from within by a pair of dancers, the Lion Dance features movements similar to those employed by Chinese martial arts and is conducted to a vigorous drum beat. It’s a form of a very old masked dance tradition recorded as early as the Zhou Dynasty, which probably originated as methods of keeping demons and evil spirits at bay and today is identified with evoking good luck. This provides the name of the 2023 1 oz Proof Fiji Silver Lucky Lion Dance Coin now on offer from JM Bullion.
Coin Highlights:
- Ships in a colorful box with a Certificate of Authenticity!
- Issued in 2023!
- Limited mintage of 1,000 pieces!
- Contains 1 Troy oz of .999 pure silver with colorized touches.
- Face value of $1 backed by the Republic of Fiji.
- The obverse side features Fiji’s coat of arms.
- The reverse side features a Lion mask.
Masked dances go all the way back to antiquity in Chinese history and have featured the costumes of many different kinds of beasts across the centuries, from bearskin masks to dragons (still an extant form today), fish, phoenixes, and more. The lion dance seems actually to have originated from somewhere outside China such as India or Persia — actual lions were long extinct in China when the dances first appeared — and was recorded as a “foreign” dance in the first detailed descriptions during the Tang Dynasty. Today, it is a core tradition of Chinese culture and represents wishes for good fortune.
The 2023 Proof Fiji Silver Lucky Lion Dance Coin showcases brightly colorized artwork against the mirror-like backdrops that identify it as a proof-quality collectible. It comes in a colorful box along with a Certificate of Authenticity, and each shipment is fully insured by the team at JM Bullion against even the remotest chance of loss or damage.
The coin’s obverse side features the Republic of Fiji’s coat of arms, confirming it as legal tender. It’s accompanied by the inscriptions “FIJI 2023,” “ONE DOLLAR,” and confirmations of the coin’s weight and purity, surrounded by a decorative rim of Chinese characters and abstract symbols.
The reverse features the head of a Lion Dance costume rendered in bright color, set against a backdrop that evokes the decorative rim seen on the obverse side.
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