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5 Yuan Acupuncture, Silver Bullion
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#738, Y#631 |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a robed scholar, identified as a traditional Chinese physician or acupuncturist, standing in the left field and gesturing toward an anatomical chart of the human body mounted on a wall to the right, illustrating meridian points used in acupuncture. A smaller vignette in the upper left corner shows a patient receiving treatment. The denomination 5元 appears at the left, with the Chinese inscription 针灸 (acupuncture) and additional legend 中医针灸 visible near the chart. The overall composition evokes the classical tradition of Chinese medicine. |
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| Mintage | 1995 - Proof - 15,000 |
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Part of China's broader push in the early 1990s to produce thematic silver issues for the international collector market, this piece belongs to a series celebrating traditional Chinese medicine — a subject chosen partly for its export appeal to Western buyers newly interested in alternative health practices. The People's Bank issued several distinct TCM-themed coins across this period, and production numbers were kept deliberately modest to sustain secondary market demand.
The .900 fineness is atypical for Chinese silver bullion of this era, which more commonly used .999; the alloy choice here reflects older minting conventions carried over from the proof collector series rather than any bullion standard.