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100 Yuan Year of the Monkey
| Issuer | People's Republic of China |
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| Year | 1992 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
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| Reverse description | A group of five monkeys rendered in high relief in a naturalistic, painterly style occupies the right-center of the field, with an adult monkey seated prominently among younger ones in a lively familial composition. Decorative stylized ginkgo or pine fan-shaped foliage motifs are distributed across the upper field. The denomination 100元 is inscribed in bold numerals and Chinese character to the left of the central device. An artist's seal and signature appear to the lower right of the monkey group. The deeply mirrored proof fields enhance the sculptural quality of the design. |
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China's large-format silver lunar issues of this period were produced by the Shenzhen Guobao Mint and the Shanghai Mint, occasionally resulting in subtle production differences between facilities on the same type — a distinction that has driven collector interest in die attribution for this series. The 1992 issue corresponds to the Year of the Ren-Shen monkey in the traditional sexagenary cycle, the ninth monkey year since the People's Republic began issuing coins.
Mintage for this 373-gram piece was capped at 2,000.