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50 Yuan Changxin court lantern
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Weight | 16.96 g |
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| Obverse description | The national emblem of the People's Republic of China occupies the upper central field, depicting Tiananmen Gate surmounted by five stars within a wreath of grain ears encircling a cogwheel at the base. Below the emblem, two lines of Chinese characters read 中国出土文物青铜器 (Chinese Excavated Bronze Artifacts), with the Arabic numeral date 1992 inscribed along the lower field. The design is framed by a continuous beaded border. |
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| Obverse script | Chinese/Latin |
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The Changxin Palace Lantern — the specific artifact referenced by this issue — was excavated in 1968 from the tomb of Dou Wan, wife of Liu Sheng, a Han dynasty prince buried in Mancheng, Hebei. Cast in bronze and gilded, the original lantern dates to roughly 172 BC and was designed so that the attendant figure's hollow sleeve channeled smoke inward, preventing it from escaping into the room. Its recovery from an undisturbed tomb made it one of the most significant Han archaeological finds of the twentieth century.
This coin belongs to China's early run of gold commemoratives tied to cultural heritage objects rather than political anniversaries — a program that began gaining momentum in the late 1980s as the People's Bank sought export-oriented collector issues for foreign exchange revenue.