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5 Yuan Peking Opera
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 2024 |
| Type | Commemorative circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features two depictions of a dan (female) role character from Peking Opera rendered in contrasting artistic styles. To the right, a finely detailed polychrome colored portrait shows a performer in full stage makeup — featuring characteristic pink facial coloring, bold black eye lines, and crimson lips — wearing an elaborate ornate phoenix crown (fengguan) adorned with turquoise and ruby-red jewels and cascading bead tassels, with a richly embroidered red and blue collar. To the left, a raised sculptural relief in the brass ground tone presents a second stylized female figure in traditional costume and headdress. The legend 中国京剧艺术 (Chinese Peking Opera Art) arcs along the upper border, and the denomination 5元 appears prominently in the lower field. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Peking Opera series has been a recurring fixture in Chinese commemorative coinage since the 1990s, celebrating a performance tradition designated by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2010. The 2024 brass issue continues that lineage, though brass — rather than the silver used in earlier prestige strikes — positions this squarely as a circulating commemorative intended for broad domestic distribution rather than collector premium.