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1 Yuan Alpine Skiing, Piedfort
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 1980 |
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| Currency | Second Rénmínbì (1955-date) |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
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| Reverse description | Central motif depicts a dynamic alpine skier in a low racing tuck, rendered in high relief, descending a stylized snow-covered slope with ski poles extended. To the left of the skier appears the official emblem of the XIII Winter Olympic Games (Lake Placid 1980), a bold geometric 'L' shape. A jagged, mountainous border with snowflake ornaments and decorative slash motifs frames the scene around the periphery. Chinese characters arching around the upper border read 第十三届冬季奥运会 (13th Winter Olympic Games). The Latin inscription LAKE PLACID 1980 curves along the lower rim. |
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China's 1980 Olympic commemorative program was the country's first serious foray into modern collector coinage, timed to coincide with the Lake Placid Winter Games and marking a broader reopening to international numismatic markets after decades of isolation. The piedfort format — double the standard planchet thickness — was almost certainly adopted to signal prestige to foreign buyers rather than domestic collectors, who had little access to such issues at the time.
KM#P7 is among the scarcer pieces in the series. Distribution ran primarily through foreign currency channels and overseas coin dealers.