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2000 Yuan Year of the Pig
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Composition | Gold (.999) |
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| Reverse script | Chinese |
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| Edge | Plain |
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This one-kilogram piece was struck in 1995 as part of China's ongoing lunar gold bullion program, which the People's Bank launched in 1981 to generate hard currency through international coin markets rather than domestic circulation. The 2000 yuan face value is purely nominal — at issuance it represented a fraction of the gold's spot value, a deliberate fiction that technically classified these as legal tender while their real market existed entirely among foreign collectors and institutional buyers.
Mintages for the kilogram lunar issues from this period were extremely low, typically under 100 pieces.