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50 Yuan Year of the Monkey
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 2016 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | A vividly colored depiction of a monkey rendered in red, green, and yellow enamel, seated and holding a sprig of foliage, set against a large stylized red character 猴 (monkey) that dominates the central field. Decorative floral and foliate motifs frame the composition in the surrounding border. The denomination 50元 appears in the upper right field in Chinese characters. The design exemplifies the colorized application technique characteristic of Chinese Lunar Series commemorative coinage. |
| Reverse script | Chinese |
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The 2016 issue marks the first year the Chinese Gold Panda series used a weight-based denomination structure benchmarked to grams rather than troy ounces, a change implemented alongside China's formal adoption of metric specifications across its entire bullion coin program that year. The switch caused considerable confusion among dealers accustomed to the prior ounce-based system, and early catalog references from 2016 are inconsistent as a result.