200 Yuan Folk Fairy Tales

Part of a long-running Chinese Mint commemorative series celebrating traditional folk narratives, the 2003 issue drew from stories that had circulated orally for centuries before being standardized in print during the Ming and Qing dynasties. The People's Bank of China authorized several denominations within this release, with the 200 Yuan gold piece sitting at the mid-tier of the set.

Mintages for these folk tale gold issues were tightly controlled and largely absorbed by domestic collectors at issuance, meaning genuine secondary-market circulation essentially never occurred.