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5 Yuan Individual Block Printing, Silver Bullion
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Currency | Second Rénmínbì (1955-date) |
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| Reverse description | Detailed scene depicting a craftsman of ancient China seated at a worktable, engaged in the art of individual block printing. The figure is shown in three-quarter profile, carefully working with printing blocks, with stacks of printed sheets arranged on the table before him. In the upper background, additional figures and tools associated with the printing process are depicted in low relief, evoking the historic workshop setting of early Chinese printing. The inscription 印刷术 (printing technique) and 公元八八一年 (year 881 AD) appear in Chinese characters to the left of the scene, with the denomination 5元 inscribed at the lower right. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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China's silver panda bullion program began in 1983, but the individual block printing commemoratives occupy a distinct corner of the series — issued to mark traditional woodblock printing techniques recognized as part of China's intangible cultural heritage. By 1995, the People's Bank had developed considerable sophistication in producing proof-quality collector issues alongside its standard bullion output, and this piece came from that mature phase of the program.
The .900 fineness rather than the .999 used in standard Panda bullion issues is the detail most collectors miss on first acquisition.