Modern Chinese Varieties: 1994 Unicorn Gold 5 Yuan

This month’s featured coin is the 1994 Doubled Die Reverse Unicorn Gold 5 Yuan Proof.

The doubling of the design elements on the reverse of the coin is most easily seen on the letters along the top (for example: UNICORN) and the denomination 5元. NGC will denote this doubling as Doubled Die Reverse on the NGC certification label. These photos (1 & 2) show the obverse and reverse of the 1994 Doubled Die Reverse Unicorn Gold 5 Yuan proof.

Close up photos (3 & 4) show more detail of the doubling.

Next month we will feature the 1994 Children with Cat Silver 10 Yuan variety.