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1 Yuan FIFA Women's World Cup - Shooter
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
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| Reverse description | A female football player in dynamic mid-stride pose occupies the central field, depicted in low relief against a stylized globe rendered with latitude and longitude lines. The athlete is shown with flowing hair, preparing to strike a football positioned at her feet. A vertical Chinese inscription reading 第一届世界女子足球锦标赛 (First FIFA Women's World Football Championship) curves along the right side of the field. The date 1991 appears in Arabic numerals at the lower right of the design. |
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China's bid to host the inaugural FIFA Women's World Cup succeeded in part because of the country's growing investment in women's football infrastructure during the late 1980s. The 1991 tournament, held across six Chinese cities, drew surprisingly strong crowds — the final in Guangzhou between the United States and Norway attracted over 63,000 spectators. This circulation-quality commemorative was issued to mark the occasion, an unusual choice given that most Chinese sports commemoratives of the period were struck in precious metals for collectors rather than in base metal for general use.