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100 Yuan Auspicious Culture
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Value | 100 Yuan (100元, 壹佰圆) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the national emblem of the People's Republic of China — Tiananmen Gate surmounted by five stars, encircled by a wreath of grain ears and a cogwheel at the base — rendered in high relief against a finely granulated background. The legend 中华人民共和国 (People's Republic of China) arcs along the upper periphery in raised Chinese characters, while the date 2016 appears in the lower exergue. The overall design is executed in a crisp, medallic style characteristic of Chinese commemorative gold coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | 中华人民共和国 2016 |
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This piece belongs to China's Auspicious Culture gold series, an annual program the People's Bank launched to package traditional folk symbolism for the collector market — each release tied to a specific motif drawn from Chinese cultural practice. The 2016 installment focused on the bat-and-coin motif, a pairing with deep roots in Qing decorative tradition where the homophony between "bat" and "fortune" in Mandarin made it a standard element of auspicious imagery.
Mintage for issues in this series was tightly capped, with distribution routed primarily through the China Gold Coin Corporation.