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10 Yuan Yin and Yang Philosophy, Silver Bullion
| Issuer | People's Republic of China |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Value | 10 Yuan (10元, 拾圓) |
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| Obverse script | Chinese/Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a classical Chinese figural scene in fine relief, showing a group of robed sages and attendants gathered around a large unrolled scroll bearing the Yin-Yang (Taiji) symbol at its centre. A prominent bearded elder in imperial robes stands at the centre, flanked by other scholars and a young attendant, with a deer visible to the left beside a gnarled pine tree. The inscription 太極圖 (Taiji Tu, Diagram of the Supreme Ultimate) appears in a square seal cartouche in the upper field. The denomination 10元 is inscribed in the lower field. |
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China's silver panda and commemorative bullion programs expanded aggressively in the early 1990s as the People's Bank sought hard currency from overseas collectors rather than domestic circulation. The 1993 philosophical series, of which this is a part, targeted Western and East Asian numismatic markets explicitly — mintage was tightly controlled, and many pieces were exported almost immediately upon striking at the Shenzhen or Shanghai mints.
KM#494 has a documented low mintage relative to contemporaneous issues in the broader Chinese commemorative program, which has driven consistent secondary market premiums well above melt.