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500 Yuan Playing Children Painting
| Issuer | People's Republic of China |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Composition | Gold (.999) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a detailed view of a traditional Chinese imperial pavilion set amid flowering trees, rendered in fine relief against a polished field. The structure displays characteristic multi-tiered eaves and classical architectural ornamentation. The inscription 中华人民共和国 (People's Republic of China) curves along the upper periphery in Chinese characters. The date 1994 appears in the lower exergue, flanked by decorative dashes. |
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| Obverse lettering | 中华人民共和国 1994 |
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Part of the Chinese Gold Panda-adjacent series of large-format cultural issues that China's mint expanded aggressively through the early 1990s, this coin draws from a classical Chinese painting tradition depicting children at play — a subject with deep roots in Song dynasty court art. The People's Bank authorized a run of these oversized gold pieces partly to satisfy growing demand from the Taiwanese and Hong Kong collector markets, where such cultural-theme issues commanded strong premiums.
Mintage for this type was tightly restricted, typically under 500 pieces for issues of this specification.