What does a coin with five stars in the middle mean?

The plum blossom coin has the national emblem and country name pattern on the front, and the plum blossom and denomination pattern on the back, which reflects the symbolic value of plum blossom in China. Now it has been changed into lotus fifty cents. With the massive circulation of the fourth set of coins, the third set of coins in circulation is gradually withdrawing from the circulation field, especially the circulation of five-cent plum coins is obviously reduced, and some varieties such as 1993 and 1994 plum coins are hard to see.

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A five-pointed star is a star-shaped figure with five sharp corners and drawn by five straight lines. The English word "five-pointed star" comes from Greek, and its original meaning is probably "five straight lines" or "five elements". The meaning of "five-pointed star" in Chinese is obvious, which refers to a star with five corners. However, the Chinese "five-pointed star" does not necessarily refer to the "standard" five-pointed star. The Chinese "five-pointed star" sometimes refers to all the stars with five angles.

The five-pointed star was first discovered in Mesopotamian literature, which can be traced back to around 3000 BC. In Sumerian, the five-pointed star is a hieroglyphic used as "UB", which means "corner, corner, hiding place, small room, hole, trap", which means something very similar to pentemychos (see the usage of Pythagoras theory below). In labat (Sumerian hieroglyphic Dictionary), it stands for the number 306, which is represented as two upward corners. In Babylonian literature, the side of the five-pointed star may indicate directions: front, back, left, right and "up". These directions also have astrological significance, representing five planets: Jupiter, Mercury, Mars, Saturn and "Ishtar" Venus (representing the upper position).

The earliest use of the five-pointed star was found in the literature of civilization in the two river basins of Babylon, Cuba, indicating something very similar to pentemychos. Represents five planets: Jupiter, Mercury, Mars, Saturn and Ishtar Venus (representing the upper position