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2000 Yuan Outlaws of the Marsh
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 2009 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a vibrant polychrome colored scene illustrating the episode 'Robbing the Birthday Gifts' (智取生辰纲) from the classic Chinese novel Outlaws of the Marsh (Water Margin). The foreground features several boldly rendered, muscular heroes in traditional Song dynasty attire — rendered in full color with teal, red, and purple garments — engaged in seizing a laden cart, while a figure in the background carries a large basket overhead. Additional figures rendered in uncolored gold relief are visible in the background amid stylized pine trees with fan-shaped foliage. The episode title 智取生辰纲 is inscribed horizontally in raised gold Chinese characters at the upper left, and the denomination 2000元 appears at the upper right. |
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Part of the People's Bank of China's long-running commemorative series tied to the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature, this issue draws from *Water Margin* — the 14th-century novel attributed to Shi Nai'an depicting 108 outlaws operating from Liangshan Marsh. The series was issued across multiple years and denominations, with the gold pieces struck in limited quantities targeting domestic and overseas collector markets that expanded sharply through the 2000s.
At 155.5g, this falls within the 5-troy-ounce format China Mint favored for its flagship literary gold issues. KM#1899 identifies it within the broader Water Margin sequence rather than isolating a single release year.