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!
500 Yuan 100th Anniv of Birth, Xu Beihong, painter
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
|---|---|
| Year | 1995 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| 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 | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Portrait bust of Xu Beihong facing slightly left, rendered in high relief against a polished field. The commemorative legend 纪念徐悲鸿诞生一百周年 arcs across the upper portion of the coin, with the dual dates 1895 and 1995 flanking the portrait at mid-field. The issuer inscription 中华人民共和国 is prominently displayed in the lower field, with the year of issue 1995 below it. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | 悲鸿 500元 |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Xu Beihong trained in Paris from 1919 to 1927, studying at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts and absorbing European academic technique while simultaneously defending Chinese ink painting to skeptical Western contemporaries. He returned to become the dominant institutional force in Chinese art education, eventually heading the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing until his death in 1953. The 1995 commemorative series marking his centenary was issued as China's gold bullion commemorative program was maturing into a serious collector vehicle, with mintages kept deliberately low to sustain the secondary market.