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150 Yuan Unicorn
| Issuer | People's Republic of China |
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| Year | 1996 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | 中华人民共和国 麒麟 1996 |
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| Mintage | 1996 - Proof - 500 |
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China's Unicorn series, launched in 1995, drew directly on the qilin — a chimeric creature from classical Chinese cosmology associated with good governance and the arrival of sages — rather than the Western unicorn tradition. The 1996 issue was produced at low mintage for the international collector market, part of a broader Chinese mint strategy in the 1990s to generate hard currency through prestige bullion programs alongside the better-known Panda series.
At over 20 troy ounces, this is a presentation piece in every practical sense. The kilograms-range silver coins of this era were struck at the Shanghai and Shenzhen mints, and attributing individual pieces to a specific facility without assay marks requires cross-referencing die characteristics.