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10 Yuan Archery
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Weight | 30 g |
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| Obverse description | The national emblem of the People's Republic of China is depicted centrally, featuring Tiananmen Gate surmounted by five stars — one large star flanked by four smaller stars — all encircled by a wreath of grain ears bound at the base by a cogwheel. The legend 中华人民共和国 (People's Republic of China) arcs around the upper periphery in Chinese characters. The date 1994 is inscribed in the exergue below the emblem. The entire design is struck to proof quality against a deeply mirrored field. |
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| Obverse lettering | 中华人民共和国 1994 (Translation: The People`s Republic of China 1994) |
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Issued as part of China's 1994 Olympic sports commemorative series ahead of the Atlanta Games, this piece belongs to a run of silver issues that the People's Bank of China produced with an eye firmly on the international collector market rather than domestic circulation. Mintage was tightly controlled, and the series was distributed largely through overseas dealers and official channels in Japan and the United States.
The .900 fineness is slightly atypical for Chinese silver commemoratives of the period, which more frequently used .999 fine silver — a detail worth noting when comparing against contemporaneous issues in the same catalog.