Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
50 Yuan 80th Anniversary of the 1911 Revolution
| Issuer | People's Republic of China |
|---|---|
| Year | 1991 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | A full-length standing figure of a revolutionary military officer in period uniform, wearing a distinctive pointed helmet with aiguillettes and holding a sword at his side, depicted in high relief at centre. Flanking him in lower relief are dynamic battle scenes: to the left, insurgent soldiers manning a cannon amid the Wuchang Uprising; to the right, armed combatants advancing with rifles and bayonets through smoke and flames. The denomination 50元 is inscribed in large numerals in the lower left field. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | 50元 |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
The 1911 Revolution — known in China as the Xinhai Revolution — overthrew the Qing dynasty and ended over two millennia of imperial rule, though the republic that followed was almost immediately contested by Yuan Shikai's authoritarian consolidation. By 1991, the PRC's commemoration of the anniversary carried its own political weight: the Beijing government claiming revolutionary continuity with Sun Yat-sen's movement despite the KMT's opposing claim from Taiwan. At 155.5 grams of fine silver, this is a five-troy-ounce piece — a format the Chinese mint favored heavily in the early 1990s for prestige commemoratives targeting overseas collectors.