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10 Yuan Year of the Dragon
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | The central field features a bold, high-relief depiction of a traditional Chinese dragon in the classic imperial style, its sinuous, scaled body coiling dynamically across the field above stylized auspicious clouds rendered in low relief at the base. The dragon is shown with clawed forepaws, antler-like horns, and a long flowing whisker, facing left with an orb or pearl visible near its head. The cyclical Chinese characters 戊辰 (indicating the Year of the Dragon in the sexagenary cycle) appear to the right in the field. The denomination 10元 is inscribed in bold characters within the lower cloud motif. |
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| Mintage | 1988 - Proof; Shengyang Mint - 15,000 |
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The 1988 Chinese Lunar silver series was produced at a moment when the People's Republic was still calibrating its bullion and commemorative coin program for international collectors — the export market, not domestic circulation, was always the point. This particular year saw the mint experimenting with finish quality across different production runs, resulting in noticeable inconsistency in surface texture between examples struck at Beijing versus Shenzhen facilities.
The Dragon year issues from this period are complicated by the existence of both proof and brilliant uncirculated strikes with packaging that was not always clearly differentiated at point of sale.