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10 Yuan 1996 Beijing Coin Fair
| Issuer | People's Republic of China |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Weight | 31.1 g |
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| Obverse lettering | 中华人民共和国 '96北京国际钱币博览会纪念 1996 |
| Reverse description | The field features a finely sculpted high-relief composition of an adult giant panda seated among bamboo shoots and foliage, holding a sprig of bamboo to its mouth, with a playful panda cub resting at its feet in the lower field. A small circular gilt inset medallion depicting a panda appears in the upper right field, adding a distinctive bimetallic accent. The denomination 10 元 is inscribed in the right field in large characters, while the legend 1 oz Ag.999 is engraved along the upper inner border, certifying the coin's fine silver content and weight. |
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The Beijing International Coin Exposition, launched in the early 1990s, became one of the few sanctioned venues where Chinese collectors could legally trade foreign and domestic numismatic material — a significant loosening given how recently private coin collecting had been discouraged as bourgeois. Issues like this one were produced specifically for sale at the fair, functioning simultaneously as commemoratives and as admission-adjacent souvenirs for a still-nascent domestic collector market.