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10 Yuan Moon Landing
| Issuer | People's Republic of China |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#2087 |
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| Obverse lettering | 中华人民共和国 2014 |
| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a detailed scene of China's Chang'e-3 lunar mission on the surface of the Moon. The Chang'e-3 lander is shown at left in fine relief, with the Yutu (Jade Rabbit) rover positioned at right on the lunar terrain. The Earth is visible in the upper right field against a smooth background representing the lunar sky. The denomination '10元' appears in the upper left field. A commemorative inscription in Chinese characters is engraved along the lower periphery, reading '中国探月首次月面巡视纪念' (Commemorating China's First Lunar Surface Rover Exploration). |
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China's space program had no involvement in the Apollo missions, and this coin has no connection to any Chinese lunar effort — it commemorates the 45th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing, issued as part of a broader Chinese commemorative program targeting international collector markets. The People's Bank of China produced numerous such foreign-subject silver rounds during this period, a commercially driven strategy that generated export revenue from Western collectors.