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10 Yuan 100th Anniversary Mao Tse Tung's Birth
| Issuer | People's Republic of China |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Against a mirror-like proof field, a multi-tiered Chinese pagoda tower rises prominently in the centre of the design, set within a detailed landscape of rocky outcroppings, pine trees, and a distant arched bridge spanning a river gorge. The scene depicts the Yan'an Pagoda (延安宝塔), an iconic revolutionary landmark associated with Mao Zedong. The date '1993' appears in the lower right field. Arching around the upper periphery in Chinese characters is the legend 中华人民共和国 (People's Republic of China). |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued to mark the centenary of Mao's birth on December 26, 1893, this coin appeared at a politically charged moment — the early 1990s saw the CPC navigating the aftermath of Tiananmen while simultaneously presiding over rapid market liberalization, making state-sponsored Mao commemoration a deliberate act of ideological stabilization rather than simple nostalgia.
The KM#540.2 designation distinguishes this from the .2 variety by a specific privy mark or finish variant — collectors should cross-reference the Y#412.2 attribution carefully, as the two major catalog systems do not always align cleanly on the sub-varieties within this centenary issue.