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150 Yuan Unicorn
| Issuer | People's Republic of China |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Weight | 1000 g |
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| Obverse lettering | 中华人民共和国 麒麟 1996 (Translation: People's Republic of China) |
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| Mintage | 1996 - Proof - 18 |
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The Chinese Unicorn series launched in 1994 as a direct competitor to established bullion programs from the West, but the kilogram gold pieces issued in 1996 were produced in extremely limited quantities — almost certainly fewer than 50 pieces worldwide. Exact mintage figures from the China Gold Coin Corporation for this denomination have never been officially published with consistency, which makes auction appearances the only reliable data points for understanding true rarity.
The qilin depicted on these coins draws from a mythological tradition far older than the minting program itself — the creature appears in Chinese texts as early as the 5th century BC.