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10 000 Yuan Hangzhou West Lake
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Value | 10 000 Yuan (10000元) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts the celebrated Feilai Peak (飞来峰) at Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou, featuring a prominent carved image of the Maitreya Buddha set within the rocky cliff face, rendered in fine relief. The surrounding architectural elements of Lingyin Temple are visible in the background, evoking the historic Chan (Zen) Buddhist landscape of the West Lake region. The Chinese inscription 灵隐禅踪 (Zen Trace in Lingyin Temple) appears as a legend, alongside the denomination 10000元 inscribed in the field. |
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| Reverse lettering | 灵隐禅踪 10000元 |
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The West Lake series occupies a particular niche in Chinese commemorative coinage — large-format gold issues tied to UNESCO World Heritage designation, which came for West Lake in 2011. This kilogram piece was issued three years after that designation, part of a deliberate cultural prestige program that the People's Bank expanded aggressively through the 2010s as domestic demand for investment-grade commemoratives surged.
Mintages on kilogram gold issues of this type are typically government-controlled to the low hundreds.