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5 Yuan Huang Dao Po
| Issuer | People's Republic of China |
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| Year | 1989 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Chinese/Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a finely detailed proof-struck composition commemorating Huang Dao Po, the celebrated 13th-century textile innovator of the Song dynasty. Her full-length figure dominates the central field, rendered in traditional Han robes with elaborate decorative detailing; she holds cotton in her raised right hand and a length of woven cloth in her left. To her lower left, a female attendant operates a traditional cotton-ginning wheel, while a spinning loom and textile tools are depicted in the foreground. The inscription 黄道婆 (Huang Dao Po) appears at the upper left alongside the date reference 公元13世纪 (13th century AD), and the denomination 5元 is inscribed at the right. |
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Huang Daopo, the 13th-century cotton textile innovator credited with revolutionizing weaving and ginning technology in the Yangtze Delta, was commemorated in this series as part of China's broader 1980s program honoring historical scientists and inventors. The series was explicitly designed for international collector markets during a period when China's state mint was aggressively expanding foreign exchange revenue through numismatic exports.
Dies for this type are known to exhibit minor positional inconsistencies in the field due to the transitional production methods at the Shanghai Mint during this period.