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5 Yuan First Records of Comets, Silver Bullion
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a richly composed scene commemorating the first recorded observation of a comet in ancient China, circa 2000 BCE. In the right-center field, a robed scholar in traditional Han-dynasty attire gazes skyward alongside a younger attendant who points upward toward a streaking comet depicted in the upper left, its tail rendered in flowing lines against a night sky with a crescent moon and stars. In the background upper left, a group of three ancient observers similarly gestures toward the celestial phenomenon, while a stylized pagoda and foliage appear in the upper right field. To the left, the Chinese inscriptions 首次发现彗星 (First Discovery of a Comet) and 公元前2000年 (2000 BCE) are incused in the field, with the denomination 5元 appearing to the right. |
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| Reverse lettering | 首次发现彗星 公元前2000年 5元 |
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