China's central bank issues commemorative coins to mark 90th anniversary of Long March

(ECNS) -- The People's Bank of China, the central bank, issued a set of gold and silver commemorative coins on Thursday to mark the 90th anniversary of the Red Army's victory in the Long March.

The set comprises two coins, one gold and one silver, both of which are legal tender of the People's Republic of China.

The obverse of each coin features the national emblem of the People's Republic of China, along with inscriptions of the country's name and the year of issue.

The reverse of the 8-gram circular gold coin features a five-pointed star, a hammer and sickle, radiating lines, and a scene of Red Army soldiers crossing snow-capped mountains and grasslands. It bears the inscriptions "The 90th Anniversary of the Victory of the Long March of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army" and "1936–2026", as well as the denomination. The maximum mintage is 10,000 coins.

The reverse of the 30-gram circular silver coin depicts a sculpture of the Red Army arriving in northern Shaanxi at the end of the Long March and the Baota Pagoda in Yan'an. It bears the inscriptions "The 90th Anniversary of the Victory of the Long March of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army" and "1936–2026", as well as the denomination. The maximum mintage is 20,000 coins.

(By Zhang Dongfang)