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200 Yuan Dreams of Red Mansion
| Issuer | People's Republic of China |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Currency | Second Rénmínbì (1955-date) |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Part of a multi-year commemorative series issued by the People's Bank of China honoring the four great classical novels of Chinese literature, this coin corresponds to Dream of the Red Chamber — the 18th-century Qing dynasty novel by Cao Xueqin, left unfinished at his death around 1763 and completed posthumously by Gao E. The novel's publication history was itself tangled: early manuscript copies circulated privately for decades before woodblock printed editions appeared, meaning the text had an underground readership long before it was a sanctioned classic.