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10 Yuan 43rd World Table Tennis Championships, Tianjin
| Issuer | People's Republic of China |
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| Year | 1995 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a dynamic high-relief depiction of a male table tennis player in mid-stroke, lunging forward with his right arm extended and paddle posed to strike. The figure is rendered in fine detail with expressive movement conveying athleticism and competitive intensity. A small ball is shown in the field to the right of the player. The denomination 10元 is inscribed in the lower left field in Chinese numerals and the yuan symbol. |
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China's commemorative silver program in the 1990s was prolific to the point of saturation, but the 1995 Tianjin issue marks a genuine occasion: the 43rd World Table Tennis Championships, held in Tianjin that May, where China swept all seven gold medals — a clean shutout that had not been achieved since the sport's earlier dominance under Zhuang Zedong in the 1960s. Tianjin was a deliberate choice of venue, the city having hosted major table tennis events since the 1950s.