National emblem of the People`s Republic of China; peony flowers below.
Obverse script
Chinese (simplified)
Obverse lettering
中国人民共和国
2001 (Translation: People`s Republic of China)
Reverse description
Tibetan dancers, with the Potala Palace in the background.
Reverse script
Chinese (simplified), Tibetan
Reverse lettering
西藏和平解放五十周年
བོད་ཞི་བས་བཅིངས་འགྲོལ་བཏང་ནས་ལོ་ལྔ་བཅུ་འཁོར་བ།
5元
五十
1951-2001 (Translation: 50th anniversary of the peaceful liberation of Tibet 5 yuan Fifty)