5 Yuan (Liberation to Tibet) 2001 front 5 Yuan (Liberation to Tibet) 2001 back
5 Yuan (Liberation to Tibet) 2001 photo
© Emiliano Micalizzi

5 Yuan Liberation to Tibet

2001 year
Brass 12.8 g 30 mm
Description
Issuer
People's Republic of China
Period
People's Republic (1949-date)
Type
Circulating commemorative coin
Year
2001
Value
5 Yuan (5元, 伍圓) 5 CNY = USD 0.71
Currency
Second Rénmínbì (1955-date)
Composition
Brass
Weight
12.8 g
Diameter
30 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-10-04
References
Numista
N#13884
Rarity index
42%

Reverse

Tibetan dancers, with the Potala Palace in the background.

Scripts: Chinese (simplified), Tibetan

Lettering:
西藏和平解放五十周年
བོད་ཞི་བས་བཅིངས་འགྲོལ་བཏང་ནས་ལོ་ལྔ་བཅུ་འཁོར་བ།
5元
五十
1951-2001

Translation:
50th anniversary of the peaceful liberation of Tibet
5 yuan
Fifty

Interesting fact

One interesting fact about the Circulating commemorative coin 5 Yuan (Liberation to Tibet) 2001 from People's Republic of China made of Brass weighing 12.8 g is that it was minted to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Tibet, and it features an image of the Potala Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage site and the former residence of the Dalai Lama, on its reverse side.

Price

Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
2001  10000000 - - - - - -

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