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300 Yuan China 1st aircraft carrier Liaoning
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Weight | 1000 g |
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| Obverse description | The national emblem of the People's Republic of China is displayed prominently in the central field, featuring Tiananmen Gate beneath a large five-pointed star flanked by four smaller stars arranged in an arc, all encircled by a wreath of grain ears tied with a ribbon at the base. The legend 中华人民共和国 (People's Republic of China) is inscribed in Chinese characters around the upper periphery. The date 2012 appears in the exergue below the emblem. The design is executed in high relief against a mirror-polished proof field. |
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| Obverse lettering | 中华人民共和国 2012 |
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The Liaoning — hull number 16 — was originally laid down by the Soviet Union as the Varyag, a Kuznetsov-class carrier left unfinished when the USSR collapsed. Ukraine sold the incomplete hull to a Chinese businessman in 1998, ostensibly for conversion into a floating casino. The People's Liberation Army Navy quietly acquired it, towed it to Dalian, and spent over a decade completing the vessel before commissioning it in September 2012 — the same year this coin was issued.
The 1-kilogram format places it firmly in China's prestige bullion commemorative program, which expanded aggressively after 2008.