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10 Yuan 600th Anniversary of Zheng He's Voyage
| Issuer | People's Republic of China |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Composition | Silver (.999) |
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| Obverse lettering | 中华人民共和国 郑和下西洋600周年 1405-2005 2005 |
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| Mintage | 2005 - Proof - 60,000 |
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Issued to mark the 600th anniversary of Zheng He's first departure from Nanjing in 1405, this coin arrived at a moment of deliberate political rehabilitation. Beijing had been actively promoting Zheng He as a symbol of peaceful Chinese maritime engagement — a direct counter-narrative to Western and Japanese imperial expansion in the region — and the anniversary became a state occasion, complete with official ceremonies and a wave of commemorative publications.
Zheng He commanded a fleet of treasure ships that dwarfed anything European powers were sailing at the time, reaching East Africa decades before Portuguese navigators rounded the Cape of Good Hope.