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10 Yuan Year of the Rooster
| Issuer | People's Republic of China |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Value | 10 Yuan (10元, 拾圓) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a stylized rooster figurine rendered in the manner of a traditional Chinese ceramic or jade sculpture, depicted in profile facing left. The figure is set within a plain inner circle, itself surrounded by a decorative floral or sunburst petal border filling the annular band. The date '2005' appears in the lower portion of the field beneath the rooster figure. The legend '中华人民共和国' (People's Republic of China) is inscribed along the upper periphery in Chinese characters. |
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| Reverse lettering | 10元 乙酉年 |
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China's lunar silver program has run continuously since 1981, but the 2005 Rooster issue occupies a specific position in that series: it was struck in the final years before the People's Bank sharply increased mintage ceilings on its bullion-adjacent commemoratives, a policy shift that collectors widely credit with diluting secondary-market premiums on post-2008 issues. Earlier dates, the Rooster among them, were produced in comparatively tighter numbers and have held their premiums more stubbornly.
KM#1614 is the standard 1-troy-ounce version; a larger 150-yuan kilo piece was issued the same year under a separate reference.