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10 Yuan Goddess Kuan Yin
| Issuer | People's Republic of China |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Value | 10 Yuan (10元, 拾圓) |
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| Obverse description | Central view of the ornate Putuoshan (Mount Putuo) temple gate, rendered in fine relief with a traditional multi-tiered Chinese architectural style featuring sweeping rooflines and decorative archways. The inscription 中华人民共和国 (People's Republic of China) appears in vertical columns flanking the temple facade. Below the temple, the characters 普陀山 identify the sacred Buddhist site, with the year of issue 1995 displayed in the exergue. |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
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The Kuan Yin gold series, running through much of the 1980s and 1990s, was part of China's deliberate push into the international bullion and collector coin market following the foreign exchange reforms of the early reform era. Unlike the Panda series aimed squarely at bullion buyers, the Kuan Yin issues targeted Western collectors with an appetite for Chinese religious iconography — a calculated distinction. Mintages were tightly controlled by the People's Bank, and the 1995 issue was among the final strikes before the series was discontinued.