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10 Yuan Dream of Red Mansion
| Issuer | People's Republic of China |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Octagonal flan featuring a seated figure of Cao Xueqin, author of 'Dream of the Red Chamber' (紅樓夢), depicted in three-quarter view writing at a desk with a brush, a potted plant to his left. A vertical Chinese inscription appears in the upper field identifying the coin's literary subject, while the national title 中华人民共和国 (People's Republic of China) is inscribed along the lower portion of the field. The date 2000 appears in the exergue beneath the legend. |
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| Reverse lettering | 10元 黛玉葬花 |
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The Dream of Red Chambers series, issued by the People's Bank of China across multiple years beginning in the late 1980s, drew from what is broadly considered the greatest novel in Chinese literary history — an 18th-century Qing dynasty work so politically sensitive that it circulated in manuscript form for decades before any printed edition appeared. The 2000 issue marks the final release in the series, closing out a run that spanned twelve years and attracted a dedicated following among both literary enthusiasts and numismatic collectors in mainland China and the diaspora.