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200 Yuan Year of the Horse
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the national emblem of the People's Republic of China centrally placed, depicting Tiananmen Gate surmounted by five stars, surrounded by ears of grain and a cogwheel. The scalloped border is decorated with intricate floral and scrollwork relief. The legend '中华人民共和国' (People's Republic of China) arcs along the upper portion of the field in Chinese characters. The date '2014' appears in the lower exergue. The entire design is struck in deeply lustrous proof-quality relief against a polished field. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a dynamic full-body depiction of a galloping horse moving to the left, rendered in high relief with fine detail capturing the musculature and flowing mane and tail of the animal. A stylized landscape with a rising sun and sweeping clouds fills the background field. The denomination '200元' appears in the upper right field in Chinese characters. A small mint mark is present in the lower left area of the field. The overall composition is framed by the elegant eight-lobed scalloped border characteristic of this lunar series. |
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China's lunar gold series has been issued annually since 1981, making the Horse one of the later entries in an unbroken run now spanning over four decades. The 2014 issue was produced at mints operating under the China Gold Coin Corporation, which has held the exclusive franchise for commemorative precious metal coinage since the early reform era. Mintages for the 200 Yuan denominations in this series are tightly controlled and officially capped, though exact figures released by Chinese authorities have historically been difficult to verify through independent sources.