1998-60TH ANNIVERSARY OF DR NORMAN BETHUNE ARRIVAL IN CHINA -2 COIN COMMEM SET

Description

Canadian Coin (proof)                                  Chinese Coin (proof)
Silver Content:    .9999%                                                .9999%
Diameter:      38 mm                                                  40 mm
Face Value:                                                            10 Yuan
Mintage:   80000                                                    80000
Both 1998 coins jointly by Canada and China, honour the extraordinary Canadian, Dr Norman Bethune. Bethune, who was born in Gravenhurst, Ontario in 1890, served humanity during three wars: The First World War, the Spanish Civil War and the Sino-Japanese War. In 1938, Bethune went to China to become Chief Surgeon for the Eight Route Army during the war. As well
as designing a Model Mobile Hospital, writing text books and training young Chinese doctors, Bethune served on the battlefield, invented a collapsible operating table and organized medical supply units that could be transported on mule-back. The 49-year old doctor died in 1939 while still in China.
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