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10 Yuan 100th Anniversary of Bank of Communications
| Issuer | People's Republic of China |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a finely engraved composition of a mother giant panda and her cub set amid a naturalistic bamboo and rocky landscape, rendered in high relief. The English inscription '100TH ANNIVERSARY OF BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS' arcs along the upper periphery of the coin. The purity and weight designation '1oz Ag .999' appears in the field, and the face value '10 YUAN' is inscribed in the lower portion of the reverse. |
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The Bank of Communications, founded in 1908 under the Qing dynasty, was one of the first modern joint-stock banks in China and held note-issuing authority alongside the Hu Pu Bank. It survived the Republican revolution, Japanese occupation, and the Communist takeover — though it was effectively wound down as a commercial institution after 1949, operating in a vastly diminished capacity until its full rehabilitation as a state commercial bank in 1987.
The 2008 centennial issue was part of a broader commemorative program timed to coincide with Beijing's Olympic year, sharing shelf space with dozens of other releases that flooded the collector market simultaneously.