Back again to PeakD, and waiting for LeoFinance Devs to fix the latest crop of annoying bugs plaguing my enjoyment of Hive content. Most problematic was the frequent appearance of the ever popular red ‘Application Error’ screen which has been upgraded to the ‘Something went wrong’ white screen, an improvement.😒
“Black birds tend to like shiny things.” ~ The Bloody Raven
I’ve been lying low the past dozen or so days trying to do a mental reset, re-balance personal priorities and get back missed sleep and into better shape. Caring for my Roommate , my Mom’s affairs, and dealing with the home repairs over the last 18 months, the stress and strain does take a toll. Now, to get some 'Me' time.
Instagram is notorious in triggering my Stackitus with all the wicked pirate silver pours, private minted booty and Gothic fashions. Temptation may be my enemy so I try not to hang around there too long. Perfect timing now that 
The Shiny Silver
Now down to this surprise package from Nyssacat. I got it the other month in the mail originally addressed from Hong Kong, Ben of HK Colonial. It felt heavy 😊 Like a 10 tael weight silver BAR! Curious I opened it on my first coffee break.
There’s a hidden meaning to this spiritual paper weight, if Buddha is wielding the flaming sword he usually means business. There's some calligraphy on the back but I'm too tired to translate it now. It’s as if he is saying, “Looks like you need a hand.” Sure Budd, I could use some positive Karma. I think he would admire the shiny like this cute little panda coin.
At first I thought it was the fractional Chinese Panda, a colored fractional and not very common but I soon realized that this is North Korean.
After some considerable digging there was not a lot of information on this series, Googled, Duck Ducked, and even Binged there was only one image reference to this 2009 2 Won Panda coin I could find at one website.
Numista, Numismaster and NGC, neither have a complete entry of this coin, suggesting it as a rarity. There is the 2010 version of a different Panda reverse boasting a mintage of 5,000 so extrapolating I would assume a like mintage quantity of 5,000. The actual quantity issued could be another story. A 5k mintage is in itself a low mintage compared with most mints we know, for a tiny economy like North Korea, very little business strike coinage make their way out of the country let alone those of collectable strikes. Ben has not seen many of this series either.
On a recent #ladiesofhive initiative I did mention having a little collection of stuffy Teddy bears many years ago, with one being a large Panda bear. Every time I see a Panda coin, that’s my first memory flash of my Mr. ‘Big Bear.’ 🐼
Thank you for the sweet gift, Nyssacat 💋 and for the hand!
Le🦁 Power Up?
Not this time as I fell short of the 150 Token threshold, I will try next month.
Adding Asian Silver to my Stack for that big stormy day!
The #piratesunday tag is the scurvy scheme of Captain
for #silvergoldstackers pirates to proudly showcase their shiny booty and plunder for all to see. Landlubbers arrrh… welcomed to participate and be a Pirate at heart so open yer treasure chests an’ show us what booty yea got!
References
Sources
NGC, 2009 North Korea 2 Won Panda.
MA Shop.com, 2009 North Korea 2 Won 2009
MA Shop.com, 2009 North Korea 2 Won Panda 2009
The Coin House, 2010 North Korea 2 Won Panda.
Numistmaster, 2009 North Korea 2 Won Panda.
Numista, 2010 North Korea 2 Won Panda.
Cameo Raven Brooch from The Black Wardrobe
Silver Raven, made by ‘Silver to Burn’ Burnie.
Map of Asia Background Circa 1800, by William Guthrie in ‘New Geographical, Historical, and commercial Grammar, Vol II. Published by Johnson and Warner. Copper plate engraved impression.
