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10 Yuan Year of the Tiger
| Issuer | People's Republic of China |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
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| Reverse description | A powerful tiger is depicted in high relief, shown clambering over a rocky outcrop, its muscular form rendered in fine detail with textured fur and an alert, forward-facing gaze. Flowering vegetation and stylized rockwork occupy the lower field, evoking a traditional Chinese landscape aesthetic. The denomination 10元 appears in the lower right field, while the inscription 含纯银1盎司 成色.999 (containing one troy ounce of pure silver, fineness .999) is engraved along the upper border in a horizontal legend. |
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China's lunar silver series shifted to .999 fineness in the mid-1990s, a deliberate move by the China Mint to compete more aggressively in the international bullion and collector market against established programs from Canada and Australia. The 1998 Tiger issue falls within a run of lunar pieces that were heavily bought by overseas Chinese communities — particularly in Southeast Asia and North America — where tiger years carry considerable cultural weight, driving secondary market premiums well above those of other zodiac issues in the same series.