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30 Yuan Alpine Skiing, Piedfort
| Issuer | People's Republic of China |
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| Year | 1980 |
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| Value | 30 Yuan (30元) |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears the national emblem of the People's Republic of China — Tiananmen Gate surmounted by five stars, encircled by sheaves of grain and a cogwheel — rendered in high relief. To the lower left, the Olympic rings appear alongside a small rectangular national flag motif. The denomination '30元' is inscribed in the lower right field in Chinese characters, with the legend '中国奥林匹克委员会' (Chinese Olympic Committee) arcing across the mid-field in Chinese script. The overall design is clean and uncluttered, with a polished background field. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued to mark China's first participation in the Winter Olympics, held in Lake Placid in February 1980. The piedfort format — struck at double the normal thickness on a standard-diameter planchet — was used here as a prestige collector piece rather than for any circulating purpose, an approach China adopted selectively for its early commemorative program as it began engaging with international numismatic markets after decades of isolation.
The .800 silver specification is notably lower than the .925 used by most Western mints for piedfort issues of the period.