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100 Yuan Year of The Ox
| Issuer | People's Republic of China |
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| Year | 1997 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | 中华人民共和国 南京明远楼 1997 |
| Reverse description | A finely detailed high-relief composition depicting a mature ox standing in three-quarter view facing left, accompanied by a nursing calf nuzzling beneath her in a pastoral setting. The animals are surrounded by rocky ground, tufts of grass, and a large coniferous pine tree with detailed foliage occupying the upper field. An artist's seal appears in the lower right field. The denomination 100元 is inscribed in the lower right, with a small square seal reading 国 in the lower left field. |
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China's Lunar New Year silver kilo series — this piece is nominally one kilogram troy but the stated weight reflects the actual struck mass in grams — was part of an aggressive export strategy by the China Mint in the 1990s targeting overseas Chinese communities and Western collector markets simultaneously. The 1997 ox issue landed in a politically charged year: Hong Kong's handover to the PRC on July 1st dominated state messaging, and commemorative issues from this period were produced with one eye firmly on prestige presentation rather than domestic circulation.
Mintage figures for this series were tightly controlled and never independently verified by outside auditors.