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2000 Yuan Journey To The West
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Currency | Second Rénmínbì (1955-date) |
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| Reverse description | Rectangular gold field featuring a vibrant color-enameled scene from Journey to the West depicting the episode known as 'Subduing the Demon Monk' (比丘国除妖). The polychrome design portrays Xuanzang and his disciples confronting a group of figures including a demon in a dynamic, animated composition rendered in brilliant applied color enamel against the mirror-like proof gold field. The denomination 2000元 appears in the upper left of the field, while the Chinese inscription 比丘国除妖, identifying the depicted episode, is placed along the lower border. The use of color enamel inlay is a hallmark of this prestigious commemorative series. |
| Reverse script | Chinese |
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This piece belongs to the five-coin gold series the People's Bank of China issued between 2003 and 2005 commemorating Journey to the West, the 16th-century novel attributed to Wu Cheng'en. The 2,000 yuan face value is nominally legal tender but was never intended for circulation — production was tightly restricted and the series was sold directly through authorized distributors to collectors and institutional buyers.
The rectangular format, unusual for Chinese commemorative gold of this period, reflects a deliberate shift by the mint toward larger presentation pieces targeting the international numismatic market in the early 2000s.