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10 Yuan Forbidden City - Garden Pagoda
| Issuer | People's Republic of China |
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| Year | 1997 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | A detailed architectural view of the Meridian Gate (午門, Wumen) of the Forbidden City, rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished field. The imposing gate complex is depicted in perspective, with its central pavilion and flanking towers set atop a monumental platform, the central ceremonial pathway receding toward the viewer in the lower field. The legend 中华人民共和国 (People's Republic of China) arcs along the upper periphery in Chinese characters. Below the architectural motif, the inscription 午门 (Meridian Gate) appears to the left, accompanied by the notation 建于明代 (Built in the Ming Dynasty), with the date 1997 displayed along the lower margin. |
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| Reverse lettering | 御花园 建于明代 10元 |
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The Forbidden City silver series, issued through the late 1990s, was part of China's aggressive push into the commemorative bullion market as the mint sought hard currency from foreign collectors rather than domestic circulation. The 1997 date carries additional weight: that year marked the handover of Hong Kong, and Chinese state minting programs were operating under considerable political pressure to project cultural prestige internationally.
KM#1096 is one of several Forbidden City pagoda variants that have been inconsistently catalogued across major references, creating persistent attribution confusion in the secondary market.