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5 Yuan Marco Polo
| Issuer | People's Republic of China |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Value | 5 Yuan (5元, 伍圓) |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
| Obverse lettering | 中华人民共和国 1992 (Translation: People's Republic of China 1992) |
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Issued as part of China's ongoing Marco Polo commemorative series, this 1992 piece marks the 700th anniversary of Polo's return from China — he arrived back in Venice around 1295 after roughly two decades at the court of Kublai Khan. The People's Bank of China produced several denominations across the series, and the 5 Yuan silver issues were struck in relatively modest quantities for collector distribution rather than circulation.
The dual KM references reflect a cataloging inconsistency between editions of Krause — the coin itself is singular.