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100 Yuan Ship Building, Platinum Bullion
| Issuer | People's Republic of China |
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| Year | 1992 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a large multi-masted Chinese junk under full sail in the upper field, rendered with fine engraving detail showing the characteristic battened sails and pennants. In the lower foreground, shipwrights are shown constructing a vessel, with workers sawing and shaping timber alongside a partially built hull. A smaller sailing vessel appears in the middle distance to the right. The legend 航海造船 and the date inscription 公元(AD) 二世纪 appear to the right, identifying this as the ancient Chinese art of seafaring and shipbuilding of the 2nd century AD. The denomination 100元 is inscribed in the lower left field. |
| Reverse script | Chinese/Latin |
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China's platinum panda-adjacent bullion program of the late 1980s and early 1990s occupied an awkward commercial position — priced above gold equivalents in a market that hadn't yet developed strong retail demand for platinum coins. The shipbuilding theme was one of several rotating industrial and cultural subjects used during this period, distinct from the Panda series and aimed partly at foreign buyers interested in Chinese industrial development narratives.
Mintages for these issues were low and have never been fully documented in official PRC records. KM#410 remains one of the more obscure entries in the series.