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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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| Value | 10 Yuan (10元, 拾圓) |
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| Obverse description | Octagonal silver field depicting Cao Xueqin, the celebrated author of the classic novel 'Dream of the Red Chamber' (紅樓夢), shown in three-quarter view seated at a writing desk, brush in hand, with a decorative rock and foliage arrangement to his left. A vertical Chinese legend to the right identifies the literary work and its author. The lower field bears the issuer's name in Chinese characters 中华人民共和国, with the date 2000 inscribed in the exergue. |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
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The Dream of the Red Chamber series was issued across multiple years beginning in the 1980s, with the 2000 release marking a late entry in a long-running commemorative program tied to one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. By this point the People's Bank had refined its approach to proof silver commemoratives considerably, and the series had already built a dedicated collector following both domestically and among overseas Chinese communities.
KM#1312 is a one-year type with no known major die varieties in circulation literature.