10 Yuan 100th Anniversary of the Communist Party of China

Issued to mark the centenary of the CCP's founding on July 1, 1921, this coin was released as part of a broader commemorative program that included gold and silver collector issues alongside this base-metal circulating piece. The People's Bank produced it in very large quantities for general circulation — a deliberate act of mass distribution ensuring the anniversary reached everyday transactions rather than staying confined to collector sets. China has used circulating commemoratives of this type since the 1980s, but centenary issues of the Party itself carry an unmistakably different official weight.