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5 Yuan Ivory Cup
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | The central field depicts a finely detailed ivory cup, rendered with intricate relief work showcasing a portion of its traditional decorative patterns and ornamental carvings. The inscription 国宝·象牙杯 (National Treasure, Ivory Cup) appears in Chinese characters within the design. The face value is also indicated on the reverse. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The ivory cup referenced here is almost certainly one of the lacquered or carved ceremonial vessels from China's ancient bronzeware and lacquerware tradition — objects that appear repeatedly in archaeological contexts from the Shang and Zhou dynasties onward. China's ongoing "Cultural Relics" bullion series uses these issues partly as soft diplomacy, asserting custodianship of a material culture that remains contested between mainland institutions and diaspora collections held in Taiwan and abroad.