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10 Yuan Auspicious Matters - Traditional Chinese Mascot
| Issuer | People's Republic of China |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Value | 10 Yuan (10元, 拾圓) |
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| Obverse description | Central design features the Huabiao, the traditional ornamental column associated with Chinese imperial architecture, rendered in high relief against a deeply mirrored field with radiating sunburst lines emanating from the pillar. The column is flanked on both sides by flowering peony branches in full bloom. The Chinese legend 中华人民共和国 (People's Republic of China) arcs around the periphery in raised Chinese characters. The date 1997 appears in the lower exergue. |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
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The "Auspicious Matters" series was part of a broader wave of PRC commemorative gold issues in the 1990s targeting the overseas Chinese collector market, particularly in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia in the lead-up to the 1997 handover. Mintages on these small-denomination gold pieces were tightly controlled by the China Gold Coin Corporation, and distribution ran heavily through authorized dealers in Guangdong and Hong Kong rather than domestic banking channels.
KM#1060 is among the harder types to source singly — it circulated almost exclusively as part of a multi-coin set, and broken sets with missing pieces are the norm in the secondary market.