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License plate with lucky 8 sells for record price
(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-07-02 08:39 A vehicle license plate with the number D88888 was auctioned off for the record price of 100,100 yuan ($14,652) in Qionghai, Hainan province, on Monday. The buyer is a businessman who felt it was worth the large sum of money. The public auction for the plate started at 30,000 yuan. The digit 8 (ba) has a similar Chinese sound to "fa", meaning becoming rich. (Nanguo Metropolis Daily) |
