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300 Yuan Longmen Grotto
| Issuer | People's Republic of China |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts a panoramic high-relief representation of the Longmen Grottoes UNESCO World Heritage Site, featuring a large seated Buddha figure at centre, flanked by standing Bodhisattva and attendant figures rendered in intricate sculptural detail against a rocky cliff backdrop. Additional smaller devotional figures and niches are visible to either side, faithfully reproducing the Tang Dynasty stone carvings of the Fengxian Cave complex. The upper field bears a Chinese legend in two lines reading 中国石窟艺术·龙门, while the lower field carries the issuer legend 中华人民共和国 and the date 2002 in Arabic numerals. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a commanding close-up portrait bust of a Bodhisattva figure, rendered in exceptionally fine high relief and occupying nearly the entire field, depicted facing slightly to the viewer's left with serene, idealized Tang Dynasty facial features, elaborate coiffure, and flowing draped robes. A large ornate circular nimbus with flame and scrollwork decoration fills the background field, executed with deeply incised contrast work against a mirror-polished ground. The denomination 300元 is inscribed in Arabic numerals and Chinese characters at the lower left of the field. |
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| Mintage | 2002 - Proof - 8,000 |
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