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5 Yuan Baiji Dolphins
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Composition | Copper-Nickel |
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| Obverse description | The national emblem of the People's Republic of China occupies the central field, depicting Tiananmen Gate surmounted by five stars and encircled by sheaves of grain tied with a ribbon. The transliterated legend ZHONGHUA RENMIN GONGHEGUO arcs along the upper periphery in Latin script, while the Chinese characters 中华人民共和国 are inscribed in two lines below the emblem. The date 1996 appears in the lower exergue. |
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| Obverse script | Latin/Chinese |
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The baiji, or Yangtze River dolphin, was already functionally endangered when this coin was issued — fewer than a hundred individuals were estimated to survive in 1996. The species was declared extinct in 2006 following a survey that found none. China's commemorative wildlife series of the 1990s frequently highlighted animals whose protection campaigns were already failing, and the baiji became the first large aquatic mammal driven to extinction in modern times.