A listing of postage stamps of China depicting coins.
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1944 (month unknown)
China
$100 stamp depicts symbolic coin dropped into savings bank.
Catalog numbers: Scott 576
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1945 (month unknown)
China
$40, $50, and $200 stamps depict symbolic coin dropped into savings bank.
Catalog numbers: Scott 574-75,577
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1951 December 15
China
100th anniversary of Taiping Peasant Rebellion.
$800 and $1000 stamps depict coin of Taiping.
Catalog numbers: Michel 131-32; Scott 126-27; Stanley Gibbons I528-29
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1956 October 1
China
Two postage stamps, 4- and 8- fen, promoting savings, depict ancient coins.
Catalog numbers: Scott 299-300
Approximate value: US$1.20.
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1971 March 20
China
A 4-yuan postage stamp publicizing the Chinese Postal Savings Service.
The stamp depicts a coin dropping into a bank.
Catalog numbers: Scott 1713
Approximate value: US$0.30.
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1975 May 20
China
Four postage stamps depict ancient coins.
1-yuan stamp depicts yuan-chin coin of 1122-221 BC;
4-yuan stamp depicts pan-liang coin of 221-207 BC;
5-yuan stamp depicts 5-chu coin of 206 BC - 220 AD;
8-yuan stamp depicts 5-chu coin of 502-557 AD.
Catalog numbers: Michel 1079-82; Scott 1938-41; Stanley Gibbons 1056-59
Approximate value: US$0.85.
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1976 June 16
China
Four postage stamps depict bronze shovel coins (pu).
2-yuan stamp depicts coin of 12th century BC;
5-yuan stamp depicts pointed-feet coin of 481-221 BC;
8-yuan stamp depicts round-feet coin of 722-481 BC;
10-yuan stamp depicts square-feet coin of 3rd-2nd century BC.
Catalog numbers: Michel 1142-45; Scott 1997-2000; Stanley Gibbons 1111-14
Approximate value: US$0.90.
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1978 January 18
China
Four postage stamps depict ancient knife coins.
2-yuan stamp depicts knife coin with three characters from 403-221 BC;
5-, 8-, and 10-yuan stamps depict other knife coins.
Catalog numbers: Michel 1223-36; Scott 2083-86; Stanley Gibbons 1184-87
Approximate value: US$0.90.
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1979 July 1
China
60th anniversary of Postal savings.
10-yuan stamp depicts a coin being deposited in a savings bank.
Catalog numbers: Scott 2162
Approximate value: US$0.25.
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1980 October 25
China
10th anniversary of National Savings Day.
2-yuan stamp depicts ancient coin and coin banks;
12-yuan stamp depicts a coin being deposited in a savings bank.
Catalog numbers: Scott 2214-15; Stanley Gibbons 1327-28
Approximate value: US$0.60.
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1999 June 15
China
5-yuan postage stamp marks the 50th anniversary of the new Taiwan dollar, depicting several coins.
Catalog numbers: Michel 2535; Stanley Gibbons 2571
Approximate value: US$0.20.
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2003 August 9
China
Two postage stamps, 3.50 and 5 yuan, depict coins.
Approximate value: US$0.40.
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2008 November 12
China
Five postage stamps ($1, 3, 5, 10, 20) depict tiny coins.
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