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20 000 Yuan Year of the Goat
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | A finely detailed ram (goat) stands in full profile facing left in the central field, rendered in high sculptural relief with naturalistic texture on its fleece and prominent curved horns. In the upper left background, a partial traditional Chinese decorative motif and auspicious imagery are depicted in lower relief. The denomination 20000元 appears in the upper left field, and the cyclical year inscription 乙未 is placed vertically along the right side of the field, denoting the Year of the Goat in the Chinese sexagenary cycle. |
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| Mintage | 2015 - Proof - 100 |
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The 20,000 Yuan gold kilo-plus issues from the People's Bank of China represent the apex of China's lunar bullion program, which launched in 1981 and became the first government-backed gold lunar series globally. The 2015 Goat year falls in the third 12-year cycle of that program. At 2 kilograms, this piece was struck in extremely limited quantities — production numbers for the largest denominations in this series routinely fall below a few hundred pieces worldwide, with distribution handled almost exclusively through the China Gold Coin Corporation.