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100 Yuan Year of the Tiger
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Weight | 373.242 g |
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| Obverse description | Central depiction of the Gate of Heaven (Tiananmen) rendered in fine relief, flanked by traditional pavilions and set against a backdrop of stylized mountains. The national title 中华人民共和国 (People's Republic of China) is inscribed in an arc along the upper border in Chinese characters. The date 1998 appears in the lower exergual area, with the legend 米拉日巴佛阁建筑模型 inscribed along the lower rim, identifying the architectural subject as a model of the Milarepa Buddhist Temple. |
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| Reverse description | A powerful tiger in high relief occupies the central field, depicted snarling with mouth open, striding forward across rocky terrain. A gnarled pine tree rendered in fine detail appears to the right of the animal, evoking the traditional Chinese artistic style of brush painting. The denomination 100元 is inscribed in the upper right field. The cyclical year designation 戊寅 appears in the lower left field in Chinese characters, identifying this as the Year of the Tiger within the Chinese sexagenary cycle. |
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The 1998 Chinese Lunar series silver kilo coin was issued during a period when the People's Bank of China was aggressively expanding its bullion and commemorative programs for foreign collector markets — exports of such pieces generated meaningful hard currency at a time when China's numismatic trade was still maturing. Production was handled by the Shanghai and Shenyang mints, both of which competed for these prestige contracts throughout the 1990s.
The 1998 Tiger year holds particular weight in Chinese cyclical reckoning: it falls on the year of the Wu-Yin Tiger, considered the most powerful iteration of the sign within the 60-year sexagenary cycle.