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100 Yuan 100th Anniversary Bank of Communications
| Issuer | People's Republic of China |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | The central field features a finely engraved composition of a mother giant panda with her cub in a naturalistic setting, both rendered in high relief against a detailed background. The face value '100元' (100 Yuan) is inscribed within the design, accompanied by the English legend '100th Anniversary of Bank of Communications' along the periphery. The purity and weight specifications '1/4oz Au .999' appear as a subsidiary inscription, confirming the coin's gold content and weight. |
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| Reverse lettering | 100th Anniversary of Bank of Communications 1/4oz Au .999 100元 |
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The Bank of Communications, founded in 1908 under the Qing dynasty, was one of only two banks authorized to issue national currency before the Republic of China period — the other being the Hu Pu Bank, later renamed the Bank of China. It survived the fall of the empire, two changes of government, and the Communist consolidation of 1949, making it one of the oldest continuously operating financial institutions in the country. The centennial issue arrived the same year Beijing hosted the Summer Olympics, a deliberate pairing of institutional longevity with national projection.