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50 Yuan Year of the Rooster, Colored
| Issuer | People's Republic of China |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Currency | Second Rénmínbì (1955-date) |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a vibrant colored effigy of a rooster standing in right profile, rendered in polychrome enamel with vivid red, orange, and green tones highlighting its plumage and tail feathers. To the left, a finely detailed peony branch in relief adds a traditional decorative element characteristic of Chinese Lunar series coinage. The cyclical year inscription 乙酉年 appears in Chinese characters in the upper right field, denoting the Year of the Rooster in the traditional sexagenary cycle. The denomination 50元 is inscribed in the lower left field. The design exemplifies the high-relief colored proof style typical of China Gold Coin Inc. lunar issues. |
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China's lunar gold series began in 1981 and has run without interruption, but the colored issues — introduced later as a premium variant — were produced in substantially smaller quantities than their uncolored counterparts. The 2005 Rooster colored gold pieces were struck at the Shanghai and Shenyang mints, with mintage figures kept deliberately low to sustain collector demand in a market the Chinese government was actively cultivating through the China Gold Coin Corporation.
The tenth in the twelve-year lunar cycle, this Rooster year coincided with a period of aggressive expansion in China's official bullion and commemorative programs — a policy response to growing domestic wealth and a strategic interest in competing with established Western numismatic markets.