{"product_id":"china-10-yuan-2025-hainan-tropical-rainforest-national-park-n-466538","title":"China 10 Yuan Bimetallic Coin 2025—Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOwn this commemorative coin from the People's Republic of China, issued in 2025 to celebrate \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hainan_Tropical_Rainforest_National_Park\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eHainan Tropical Rainforest National Park\u003c\/a\u003e — home to one of the world's rarest primates, a mountain that gave the island its soul, and a forest that survived when almost everything around it didn't.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eCoin Characteristics\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVarieties:\u003c\/strong\u003e Single variety, 2025\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposition:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bimetallic_coin\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBimetallic\u003c\/a\u003e — copper-nickel center in brass ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eObverse:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_emblem_of_China\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNational emblem of the People's Republic of China\u003c\/a\u003e; inscription 中华人民共和国 (People's Republic of China); date 2025\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReverse:\u003c\/strong\u003e Natural scenery of the park featuring \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hainan_gibbon\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eHainan gibbons\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hainan_peacock-pheasant\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eHainan peacock-pheasants\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wuzhi_Mountain\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eWuzhi Mountain\u003c\/a\u003e, and the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wanquan_River\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eWanquan River\u003c\/a\u003e; inscription 海南热带雨林国家公园 (Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park); denomination 10元\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdge:\u003c\/strong\u003e Reeded\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrientation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Medal alignment (↑↑)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTechnique:\u003c\/strong\u003e Milled\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9.2 g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDiameter:\u003c\/strong\u003e 27 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThickness:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.1 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMintage:\u003c\/strong\u003e 50,000,000\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMints:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shanghai_Mint\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eShanghai Mint Co. Ltd.\u003c\/a\u003e (上海造币有限公司) and Shenyang Mint (1984–date)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIssuing entity:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/People%27s_Bank_of_China\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePeople's Bank of China (中国人民銀行)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDemonetized:\u003c\/strong\u003e No — current legal tender\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCurrency:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Renminbi\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRenminbi\u003c\/a\u003e (1955–date)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSeries:\u003c\/strong\u003e China National Park series\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout China\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCapital:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beijing\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBeijing\u003c\/a\u003e (city pop ~22 million; metro pop ~24 million, UN 2023) — similar to Shanghai or the New York metro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePopulation:\u003c\/strong\u003e ~1.41 billion (UN 2023) — the most populous country on earth until recently surpassed by India\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArea:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9,596,960 km² (~3,705,407 mi²) — similar in size to the United States\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGDP per capita at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Purchasing_power_parity\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePPP\u003c\/a\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e ~$23,400 USD (IMF 2023) — ranks ~73rd out of 193 globally\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMain exports:\u003c\/strong\u003e Electronics, machinery, textiles, steel, chemicals, rare earth materials\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBorders:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russia\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRussia\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mongolia\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMongolia\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kazakhstan\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eKazakhstan\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kyrgyzstan\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eKyrgyzstan\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tajikistan\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTajikistan\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Afghanistan\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAfghanistan\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pakistan\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePakistan\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/India\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eIndia\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nepal\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNepal\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bhutan\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBhutan\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Myanmar\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMyanmar\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Laos\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLaos\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eVietnam\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Korea\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNorth Korea\u003c\/a\u003e — 14 land borders, more than any other country\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial languages:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Standard_Chinese\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eStandard Chinese (Mandarin \/ Putonghua)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpoken languages:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cantonese\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCantonese\u003c\/a\u003e (~6%), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wu_Chinese\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eWu (Shanghainese)\u003c\/a\u003e (~6%), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Min_Chinese\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMin (Hokkien\/Teochew)\u003c\/a\u003e (~5%), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hakka_Chinese\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eHakka\u003c\/a\u003e (~4%), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tibetan_language\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTibetan\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Uyghur_language\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eUyghur\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mongolian_language\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMongolian\u003c\/a\u003e, and dozens of other regional languages and dialects\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSovereignty:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImperial China — successive dynasties from ~221 BCE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republic_of_China_(1912%E2%80%931949)\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRepublic of China\u003c\/a\u003e (1912–1949)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/China\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePeople's Republic of China\u003c\/a\u003e (1 October 1949–date) — this coin issued during this period\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eChina Unfiltered\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hainan_gibbon\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eHainan gibbon\u003c\/a\u003e on this coin is \u003cstrong\u003ethe rarest primate on earth\u003c\/strong\u003e — with fewer than 40 individuals remaining, all living in this one park. It is not endangered. It is beyond endangered. It exists at the edge of extinction, in a patch of forest on an island in the South China Sea, and nowhere else.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hainan\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eHainan\u003c\/a\u003e is China's only tropical island province — sometimes called China's Hawaii. It has been a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hainan_Free_Trade_Port\" target=\"_blank\"\u003efree trade port\u003c\/a\u003e since 2020, with ambitions to become a global financial and tourism hub by 2025. The rainforest in the center of the island and the resort cities on its coast exist in deliberate tension.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wuzhi_Mountain\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eWuzhi Mountain\u003c\/a\u003e — “Five Finger Mountain” — is the highest peak on Hainan at 1,867 meters. It is sacred to the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Li_people\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLi people\u003c\/a\u003e, Hainan's indigenous inhabitants, who have lived on the island for over 3,000 years and whose textile traditions were inscribed on UNESCO's intangible heritage list in 2009.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChina's National Park system was formally established in 2021 with five inaugural parks. \u003cstrong\u003eHainan Tropical Rainforest was one of them\u003c\/strong\u003e — a deliberate signal that China was serious about conservation, at least in some places, at the same time it was building coal plants elsewhere.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hainan_peacock-pheasant\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eHainan peacock-pheasant\u003c\/a\u003e also on this coin is found nowhere else on earth. It is critically endangered. \u003cstrong\u003eTwo endemic species on one coin, both clinging on.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Rarest Primate on Earth Lives Here\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are fewer Hainan gibbons alive today than there are people reading this product description. Probably. The last census put the population at around 37 individuals — six family groups, all in one valley, in one park, on one island. \u003cstrong\u003eThey are the most endangered primate in the world\u003c\/strong\u003e, and they have been for decades. They sing at dawn — a haunting, whooping call that carries through the forest canopy — and there are almost none left to hear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe gibbon is on this coin because China wants you to know the park exists. Whether that awareness translates into the habitat protection the species needs is a different question. But the coin is beautiful, and the animal on it is extraordinary, and \u003cstrong\u003eowning this is a small way of marking that something this rare still exists.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eFive Fingers, One Mountain, Three Thousand Years\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWuzhi Mountain — Five Finger Mountain — rises from the center of Hainan like a fist. The Li people have lived in its shadow for millennia, developing a culture, a language, and a textile tradition — \u003cem\u003eli brocade\u003c\/em\u003e — that UNESCO recognized as intangible world heritage. The mountain is the spiritual and geographic heart of the island. The rainforest that surrounds it is what the national park was built to protect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHainan is also, simultaneously, a free trade zone, a beach resort destination, and an increasingly important node in China's economic ambitions. \u003cstrong\u003eThe forest and the development are in constant negotiation.\u003c\/strong\u003e The coin captures the forest. The rest is complicated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eOwn This Coin From the Forest at the Edge of Survival\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a current-issue Chinese commemorative — legal tender, struck at the Shanghai and Shenyang Mints in 2025, part of the China National Park series. Mintage is 50 million — smaller than most Chinese commemoratives, which makes it modestly more collectible within the series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn one side: the national emblem of the world's most populous country. On the other: a forest, a mountain, a river, and two species that exist nowhere else. One of them has fewer than 40 individuals left.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe coin costs less than a coffee. The gibbon is priceless, and nearly gone.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World Money Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51849353036087,"sku":"CN10Y2025HAINAN","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0969\/7165\/3431\/files\/Coin-2025-10-yuan-Hainan-r.jpg?v=1775102123","url":"https:\/\/worldmoneystore.com\/products\/china-10-yuan-2025-hainan-tropical-rainforest-national-park-n-466538","provider":"World Money Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}