The People’s Republic of China (“China”) is located in Asia and is the largest country by population and by size, excluding Russia and Canada. As a country, China dates back to 2070 BC, however its current form as the People’s Republic of China was only established in 1949 after the Chinese Civil War. Succeeding the nationalist government, the communist government has ruled mainland China since. The currency of China is the Yuan, which began as a form of continuation of the nationalists’ currency. It was, however, rapidly “revaluated” soon after the establishment of the new republic, with zeroes being “cut off” from the currency. Each yuan is divided into 100 fen, or 10 jiao, with early coinage from the PRC consisting principally of aluminium 1, 2, and 5 fen pieces. These coins continue to be issued for limited usage today. Following the economic reforms of the 1970s, higher denomination coins such as 1, 2, and 5 jiao (10, 20, 50 fen), and 1 yuan coins were issued for limited circulation. The first jiao- and yuan-denominated coins to be circulated on a large-scale basis were issued in the 1990s. Today, China continues to issue the fen coins, although they are not commonly used for circulation and are extremely rare to find as it is primarily banks who use them for balancing purposes. The 1 and 5 jiao, as well as the 1 yuan coin are commonly used, however the large-size 1 jiao is generally no longer accepted. Wikidata: Q148
10 Yuan (Space)
2015 Circulating commemorative coin: Space
Bimetallic: copper-nickel centre in brass ring • 9.2 g • ⌀ 27 mm
KM# 2096,
N# 81009
10 Yuan (Panda)
2015 Non-circulating coin: Panda Bullion
Silver (.999) • 31.1 g • ⌀ 40 mm
KM# 2216,
N# 71394
10 Yuan (Year of the Goat)
2015 Circulating commemorative coin: Chinese Zodiac – Year of the Goat
Bimetallic: copper-nickel centre in brass ring • 9.2 g • ⌀ 27 mm
KM# 2218,
N# 70564
10 Yuan (Panda)
2016 Non-circulating coin: Panda Bullion
Gold (.999) • 1 g • ⌀ 10 mm
KM# 2256,
N# 79165
10 Yuan (Panda)
2016 Non-circulating coin: Panda Bullion
Silver (.999) • 30 g • ⌀ 40 mm
KM# 2269,
N# 80896
10 Yuan (Year of the Monkey)
2016 Non-circulating coin: Chinese Zodiac Bullion – Year of the Monkey
Silver (.999) • 31.107 g • ⌀ 40 mm
KM# 2275,
N# 170145
10 Yuan (Year of the Monkey)
2016 Circulating commemorative coin: Chinese Zodiac – Year of the Monkey
Bimetallic: copper-nickel centre in brass ring • 9.2 g • ⌀ 27 mm
KM# A2255,
N# 83102