China's lunar silver series was still finding its footing in 1987, and the Rabbit issue came during a period when the People's Bank was beginning to grasp the export collector market more aggressively — mintages were kept deliberately modest to sustain demand from overseas buyers, particularly in the United States and Hong Kong.
KM#169 is occasionally confused with the gold issue from the same year; they share design lineage but are distinct catalog entries with separate mintage controls.
China's lunar silver series was still finding its footing in 1987, and the Rabbit issue came during a period when the People's Bank was beginning to grasp the export collector market more aggressively — mintages were kept deliberately modest to sustain demand from overseas buyers, particularly in the United States and Hong Kong.
KM#169 is occasionally confused with the gold issue from the same year; they share design lineage but are distinct catalog entries with separate mintage controls.