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5 Yuan The Chinese Master Artisan
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Weight | 15 g |
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| Obverse description | The national emblem of the People's Republic of China occupies the central field, depicting Tiananmen Gate beneath a large five-pointed star flanked by four smaller stars, all above a decorative wreath of grain ears tied with a ribbon. The circular legend 中华人民共和国 (People's Republic of China) arcs along the upper periphery in Chinese characters. The date 2021 appears in the lower exergue in Arabic numerals. The design is rendered in high-relief proof finish against a mirror-polished field. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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This issue belongs to a long-running People's Bank of China series celebrating traditional Chinese crafts, which has been produced annually since 2012 and has developed a dedicated collector base both domestically and among the Chinese diaspora. The series was partly a policy response to growing state interest in documenting intangible cultural heritage — a UNESCO-recognized category China has pursued aggressively since the mid-2000s.
Mintage figures for this denomination within the series have historically been capped at 30,000 pieces, though official PBC announcements for individual years are inconsistently published through Western reference channels, leaving KM catalog data frequently incomplete at the time of initial listing.