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200 Yuan Winged creature
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Weight | 8.47 g |
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| Obverse lettering | 中國出土文物 青銅器 1981 |
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| Reverse lettering | 公元前4世紀 200元 |
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China's early gold panda-adjacent issues from 1981 were part of the People's Bank's first serious push into the international bullion and collector coin market, a program launched largely to generate hard currency at a moment when foreign exchange reserves were critically thin following the economic disruptions of the Cultural Revolution decade. The 1981 issues were struck in comparatively small numbers and saw limited Western distribution.
KM#47 is frequently underrepresented in major auction records relative to later Panda series entries, suggesting much of the original mintage was absorbed by domestic channels or state-controlled export programs rather than the open numismatic market.