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5 Yuan Liberation to Tibet
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 2001 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the national emblem of the People's Republic of China prominently centered in the copper-nickel inner disc, depicting Tiananmen Gate surmounted by five stars and encircled by a wreath of grain ears and a cogwheel at the base. The circular legend 中华人民共和国 (People's Republic of China) runs along the upper periphery of the brass outer ring in simplified Chinese characters. Decorative peony blossoms flank the lower portion of the emblem in the field. The date 2001 appears in the lower exergue beneath the emblem. |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (Simplified) |
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Issued as part of China's "Minority Peoples and Regions" commemorative series, this coin marks the 50th anniversary of what Beijing officially terms the "Peaceful Liberation of Tibet" — the 1951 agreement signed under considerable military pressure following the PLA's advance into the region the previous year. The Seventeen Point Agreement, which the Tibetan government later repudiated, formed the political basis for the anniversary being commemorated here.
The bi-metallic format was relatively new to Chinese commemorative coinage at this point, having been introduced for circulating issues only in the mid-1990s.