The People's Bank of China began issuing commemorative 12 lunar animals starting with the year of the rooster in 1981. The Year of the Rooster Coin in 1993 marked the beginning of the second cycle. The obverse design depicts a reproduction of Xu Beihong's "Rooster", face vaule and the year-date in Chinese. The reverse design showed the Chinese wording "People's Republic of China", a famous scenery in Xian, China, year-date. Proof condition. Low mintage: 6,800 pieces. Minted by the Shenyang Mint.
MetalSpec:
Silver
WtSpec:
2/3 oz
Purity:
0.9
Mintage:
6,800
Denomination:
10 Yuan
Grade:
Proof
DaySign:
30
OzSize:
0.6639
GmSize:
20.65
Year:
1993
MetalID:
2
