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200 Yuan Year of the Rooster
| Issuer | People's Republic of China |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Value | 200 Yuan (200元) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a stylized rooster standing in profile, rendered in high relief against a plain ground. The scalloped border frames a circular legend reading '中华人民共和国' (People's Republic of China) in Chinese characters arranged around the periphery. The date '2005' appears in the lower portion of the field beneath the rooster effigy. The overall design is executed in a traditional Chinese artistic style befitting the lunar calendar commemorative series. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a vivid naturalistic scene of a large rooster striding across the field, accompanied by a hen and several chicks in the foreground, evoking traditional Chinese brush-painting aesthetics. The denomination '200元' is inscribed in the upper right field in bold Chinese characters. The cyclical year designation '乙酉' appears to the left in the field, referencing the Year of the Rooster in the Chinese sexagenary cycle. The scalloped border echoes the obverse design, unifying the coin's overall composition. |
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