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10 Yuan Folk Fairy Tales
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Weight | 31.1035 g |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
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| Reverse description | Central device features a colorized effigy of Luoshen, the Goddess of the Luo River, depicted in flowing robes of blue and green with serpentine dragon motifs coiling around her lower body. The goddess is shown in a graceful standing pose, facing slightly left, holding an ornamental fan, with stylized waves rendered in white enamel at her feet. The denomination 10元 appears in the upper right field, while the inscription 洛神 (Luoshen) is inscribed in the lower left field identifying the mythological subject. The design employs polychrome enamel colorization against a mirror-proof silver background, characteristic of Chinese commemorative issues of this series. |
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This coin is part of a continuing Chinese commemorative series drawing from classical literary and folkloric sources — a program the People's Bank of China expanded aggressively through the 1990s and 2000s as collector demand for themed silver issues grew in both domestic and export markets. KM#1491 corresponds to one installment in the Folk Fairy Tales sequence, which across its run drew from stories rooted in Han oral tradition, some with written antecedents reaching back to the Tang and Song dynasties.
Mintage on individual issues in this series varied, but production controls kept numbers modest relative to the broader Chinese panda issues of the same period.