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10 Yuan Panda
| Issuer | People's Republic of China |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Weight | 31.1 g |
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| Obverse description | Central depiction of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests at the Temple of Heaven (Tiantan), Beijing, rendered in fine relief with its characteristic triple-tiered circular roof, marble terrace, and central stairway leading to the forecourt. The structure is presented in a slightly elevated perspective within a raised inner circle, set against a frosted field. The Chinese legend 中华人民共和国 (People's Republic of China) arcs along the upper border of the outer annulus in large characters, while the date 1993 appears in Arabic numerals at the base of the coin. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The 1993 Panda bullion program was issued during a period when the People's Bank of China was aggressively expanding the series' international distribution, particularly into the U.S. and German collector markets. That year also marked one of the more contentious decisions in the series' history: the mint shifted to a policy of changing the panda design annually, a move that had been inconsistent in earlier years and that now became codified — deliberately driving collector demand by ensuring no two consecutive years shared an identical reverse.
Struck at either Shenyang or Beijing; coins from this year are not always straightforward to attribute by mint mark, and collectors should verify against known examples.