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Ancient Chinese people use twelve animals to represent the twelve Early Branches and each animal symbolizes a unique meaning. This tradition became a part of Chinese culture. In ancient times, tools used to count time are very coarse, it is the crow of rooters that remind people the new day's coming. The People's Bank of China has been issuing commemorative coins of 12 Earthly Branch animals since 1981, the year of the rooster. Two cycles of 12 years came to the end in 2003 and the Year of the Rooster Coin for 2005 will mark the beginning of the third cycle. This set comprises 6 gold coins and 6 silver coins.   Face value (Yuan) Metal Quality Mass(oz) Shape Mintage(pc) Planned issuance time 10000 Au. proof 1(kg) quincunx 15 October 2004 2000 Au. proof 5 rectangle 118 200 Au. proof 1/2 sector 6,600 200 Au. proof 1/2 quincunx 8,000 50 Au. Bu. 1/10 round 60,000 50 Au. proof 1/10 round 30,000 300 Ag. proof 1(kg) round 3,800 50 Ag. proof 5 rectangle 1,888 10 Ag. proof 1 sector 66,000 10 Ag. proof 1 quincunx 60,000 10 Ag. Bu. 1 round 80,000 10 Ag. proof 1 round 100,000

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