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50 Yuan 100th Anniversary - Zhou Enlai
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Currency | Second Rénmínbì (1955-date) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a dignified portrait bust of Zhou Enlai facing left in three-quarter view, rendered in high relief with fine engraving detail. A spray of blossoming flowers occupies the lower left field, framing the effigy in an elegant decorative composition. The inscription 周恩来 (Zhou Enlai) appears in the upper left field alongside the commemorative dates 1898–1998, denoting the centennial of his birth. The denomination 50元 is boldly inscribed in the lower left field. |
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| Reverse lettering | 周恩来 1898-1998 50元 |
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Issued in 1998 to mark the centenary of Zhou Enlai's birth — he was born on March 5, 1898, in Huaian, Jiangsu — this coin reflects the ongoing rehabilitation and official glorification of Zhou that accelerated after Deng Xiaoping's consolidation of power. Zhou had remained politically untouchable even during the Cultural Revolution, a rarity among senior CCP figures, and his death in January 1976 triggered public mourning at Tiananmen Square that the Gang of Four attempted to suppress, directly precipitating their downfall later that year.
The 15.5517g weight places this squarely in the half-troy-ounce format favored by the People's Bank for commemorative gold issues of this period.