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50 Yuan Folk Fairy Tales
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Currency | Second Rénmínbì (1955-date) |
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| Obverse description | Within a rectangular flan, the obverse features a detailed depiction of a multi-tiered classical Chinese pagoda set among stylized clouds and rolling waves, rendered in high-relief milled finish. The legend 中华人民共和国 (People's Republic of China) is inscribed along the upper border in Chinese characters. The date 2002 appears in the lower right field. The overall composition reflects a traditional Chinese architectural and landscape aesthetic characteristic of the People's Bank of China commemorative series. |
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| Obverse lettering | 中华人民共和国 2002 |
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The "Folk Fairy Tales" silver series ran across multiple years in the late 1990s and early 2000s, drawing on canonical stories from Chinese oral tradition. The 2002 issue continued a format the People's Bank had used to target the international collector market, where Chinese cultural themes in large-format silver commanded consistent premiums. Mintages for these issues were tightly controlled, typically in the low thousands.