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1 Yuan Defeat of Fascism and Japan
| Issuer | People's Republic of China |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse lettering | 中华人民共和国 1995 |
| Reverse description | A dynamic sculptural composition depicts two Chinese soldiers in combat posture: one figure kneeling and aiming a rifle in the lower field, while a second figure stands in the upper field brandishing a sword aloft against a stylized globe in the background, evoking the Allied victory over fascism. The commemorative legend 中国抗日战争和世界反法西斯战争胜利五十周年 (50th Anniversary of Victory in China's War of Resistance Against Japan and the World Anti-Fascist War) arcs around the periphery in Chinese characters. The denomination 1元 appears at lower left, with the anniversary dates 1945–1995 inscribed at lower right. |
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Issued on the fiftieth anniversary of Japan's surrender in August 1945, this coin commemorates a victory China marks differently from the Western Allied narrative — the Second Sino-Japanese War had begun in 1937, meaning China's war lasted eight years against Japan's four in the Pacific. The Chinese Communist Party has consistently foregrounded this timeline, and the 1995 commemorative program was explicitly framed around that longer sacrifice.
KM#711 was struck for general circulation, not as a collector issue, making worn examples the norm.