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25 Yuan Forbidden City - Interior
| Issuer | People's Republic of China |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Value | 25 Yuan (25元) |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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| Mintage | 1997 - Proof - 4,000 |
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The Forbidden City gold series ran through much of the 1990s as part of China's broader commemorative bullion program, which the People's Bank of China used aggressively during this period to court international collector markets. This particular piece depicting the palace interior was issued the same year Hong Kong reverted to Chinese sovereignty — a coincidence the marketing of the time leaned into heavily, though the series itself predates that event by several years.
Mintage figures for this type were tightly controlled and never large. The 7.7759g weight is a deliberate fraction — exactly one-quarter of a Chinese tael (liang), a unit the mint returned to repeatedly for prestige issues.