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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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| Value | 500 Yuan (500元, 五佰圓) |
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| Obverse lettering | 中华人民共和国 1994 |
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| Mintage | 1994 - Proof - 99 |
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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.