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500 Yuan China Construction Bank
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Thickness | 2.7 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central depiction of the Temple of Heaven (Tiantan) rendered in fine detail against a mirror-polished field, with the structure's characteristic circular hall and surrounding enclosure walls clearly delineated. The Chinese national inscription 中华人民共和国 (People's Republic of China) arcs along the upper periphery in raised Chinese characters. The year of issue 2014 appears in the lower field, flanked on either side by the commemorative legend 中国建设银行成立60周年纪念 (Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Establishment of China Construction Bank) inscribed in a curved band along the lower rim. |
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| Reverse lettering | 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK 500元 1oz Au .999 |
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Issued as part of China's ongoing commemorative bullion program administered through state-owned banking institutions, this piece was distributed through China Construction Bank — one of the "Big Four" state commercial banks restructured from the Ministry of Finance in 1994 and subsequently listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2005. The banking tie-in is institutional rather than purely numismatic; these issues have served as corporate promotional vehicles as much as collector objects.
KM# 2229 corresponds to a one-troy-ounce format that China has used consistently across its banking commemorative series since the late 1990s.