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20 Yuan Along the River During the Qingming Festival
| Issuer | People's Republic of China |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Central depiction of a monumental gatehouse and a multi-storey pagoda rendered in high relief against a lightly engraved cloud-filled sky, drawn from the Song Dynasty scroll painting 'Along the River During the Qingming Festival.' The legend 中华人民共和国 (People's Republic of China) arcs along the upper field in Chinese characters, while the date 1998 and the denomination 20元 appear in the lower field. The architectural elements are executed with fine detail, conveying the grandeur of the imperial cityscape. |
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| Reverse lettering | .999 Ag |
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Issued as part of China's ongoing commemorative silver program, this piece belongs to a multi-year series celebrating the Northern Song handscroll attributed to Zhang Zeduan, likely painted in the early twelfth century during the reign of Emperor Huizong. The painting itself disappeared from the imperial collection multiple times — looted, lost, and recovered across successive dynasties — before its current home at the Palace Museum in Beijing.
The 1998 release was not the first in this series; China had begun issuing coins referencing the scroll earlier in the decade, making collector sequencing a genuine concern for set builders.