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25 Yuan Goddess Kuan Yin
| Issuer | People's Republic of China |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Value | 25 Yuan (25元) |
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| Obverse description | A highly detailed frontal view of the ornate ceremonial gate (pailou) of Putuoshan (Putuo Mountain), a sacred Buddhist island revered as the bodhimanda of Guanyin, rendered in fine relief against a mirror-polished field. The multi-tiered traditional Chinese architectural structure is depicted with intricate roof ornaments, columns, and arched portals. The Chinese legend 中华人民共和国 (People's Republic of China) arcs around the upper periphery in Chinese characters. Below the gate, the inscription 普陀山 identifies the site, with the date 1995 appearing in the lower exergue. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Kuan Yin gold series, running through much of the 1980s and 1990s, was part of China's aggressive push into the international bullion and collector coin market following the establishment of the China Gold Coin Corporation in 1979. These issues were designed partly to generate hard currency at a moment when China was actively courting foreign investment and expanding export trade.
The 1995 issue is among the later entries in the series before it was discontinued. Mintages were never officially published with consistency, a deliberate policy that complicated secondary market pricing for years.