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25 Yuan Goddess Mazu
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Value | 25 Yuan (25元) |
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| Obverse lettering | 中华人民共和国 1995 |
| Reverse description | Facing bust of Mazu, the Chinese sea goddess, depicted in traditional imperial regalia including an elaborate ceremonial headdress adorned with beaded pendants. Her dignified effigy is rendered in high relief with fine detailing of her robes and headwear. The Chinese characters 妈祖 (Mazu) appear to the left of the figure in the field, identifying the deity by name. The denomination 25 is inscribed to the right in Arabic numerals, with the unit 元 below, completing the value inscription within the coin's field. |
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Mazu, the sea goddess venerated across Fujian, Taiwan, and the Chinese diaspora, has a cult origin traceable to a Song dynasty woman named Lin Mo, believed to have died around 987 AD. The People's Bank issued this coin during a period of intense cross-strait economic activity, when Taiwan-based manufacturers were pouring investment into Fujian — Mazu's home province — at an unprecedented rate. The timing was hardly accidental.
The 1995 issue is part of a broader Mazu gold series that ran across several years in small mintages aimed squarely at the collector market in Taiwan and overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia.