100 Yuan Foundation of China Agricultural Bank

The Agricultural Bank of China traces its modern institutional form to a 1979 re-establishment under Deng Xiaoping's rural reform program, separating agricultural credit functions from the People's Bank of China as part of the broader dismantling of the monobank system. This commemorative marks the bank's formal founding anniversary and was issued the year ABC completed preparations for what would become one of the largest IPOs in history — its 2010 Shanghai and Hong Kong dual listing raised approximately $22.1 billion USD, briefly the world's largest public offering at the time.