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50 Yuan 50th Anniversary of People's Republic
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Composition | Gold (.999) |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 元 |
| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the proclamation of the People's Republic on October 1, 1949, this gold piece was part of a coordinated commemorative program released alongside silver and base-metal issues. The PRC's anniversary coinage of 1999 was produced at a moment of deliberate national consolidation — Hong Kong had reverted to Chinese sovereignty just two years prior, and the state used the jubilee extensively as a unifying political occasion.
The 15.5517g weight is a half-troy-ounce specification, a standard the People's Bank had by then routinely applied to its commemorative gold program since the early 1980s.