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2000 Yuan Unicorn
| Issuer | People's Republic of China |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Currency | Second Rénmínbì (1955-date) |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
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| Reverse description | A finely detailed bust of a Western unicorn facing right, with a prominent spiraling horn, flowing mane, and naturalistic equine features rendered in high relief. Flanking floral sprays, likely roses, adorn the lower field on either side of the bust. The legend 吉祥如意麒麟 appears along the upper left, followed by the word UNICORN in Latin script. The denomination 2000元 is inscribed prominently in the right field. |
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| Additional information |
China's Unicorn series launched in 1994 as a direct competitor to the Panda program, targeting the international bullion collector market at a moment when Hong Kong's impending handover was generating significant foreign interest in Chinese state issues. The 1996 kilogram gold represents the largest denomination in that series run.
Mintages for the kilogram unicorn pieces were extremely low — typically in the low hundreds — and were allocated primarily through Bank of China channels to overseas buyers rather than domestic circulation.