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5 Yuan Auspicious Matters
| Issuer | People's Republic of China |
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| Year | 1998 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | Central design depicts a chubby child rendered in traditional Chinese folk art style, shown in three-quarter view holding a tall decorative vase. An elephant stands to the left of the child, partially obscured by lush foliage, fruit, and floral motifs in the background, symbolizing auspiciousness and good fortune. The denomination 5元 appears at the lower right of the field. The legend 万象更新 (Everything Renews) is inscribed in Chinese characters along the upper arc of the coin. |
| Reverse script | Chinese |
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This piece belongs to a long-running Chinese commemorative series drawing on traditional folk symbolism associated with fortune, happiness, and longevity — themes that found a receptive international collector market throughout the 1990s as the China Gold Coin Corporation aggressively expanded its bullion and commemorative export program. Domestic circulation was never the point; these were struck for hard currency revenue and foreign collector sales from the outset.
The .999 fine specification at this weight puts actual silver content just under half a troy ounce — a deliberate format that kept face value nominal while maximizing perceived collectibility over melt value.