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10 Yuan 100th Anniv of Birth, Xu Beihong, painter
| Issuer | People's Republic of China |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
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| Reverse description | A dynamic depiction of a galloping horse in the distinctive brushwork style of Xu Beihong, rendered in high sculptural relief against a lightly textured ground suggesting open terrain. The horse is shown in full stride, mane and tail flowing, conveying a sense of freedom and power emblematic of the artist's celebrated equine subjects. The denomination '10元' appears in the lower left field in Chinese characters, while an artist's seal or signature mark is positioned to the lower right. The overall composition faithfully evokes Xu Beihong's celebrated ink-wash painting tradition. |
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Xu Beihong died in 1953, and by the time this coin was issued his reputation had been thoroughly institutionalized by the PRC — he had been the first president of the Central Academy of Fine Arts and was closely associated with Zhou Enlai. The centennial commemoration fit neatly into a decade when the Chinese mint was aggressively expanding its silver commemorative program for foreign collector markets.
The .925 fineness is slightly atypical for Chinese silver commemoratives of this period, which more commonly used .999.