1985 GOLD CHINA 100 YUAN NGC PROOF 69 UC CONFUCIUS

PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

FOUNDERS OF CHINESE CULTURE SERIES - CONFUCIUS

CERTIFIED BY NGC PROOF 69 ULTRA CAMEO

OBV: NATIONAL EMBLEM; DATE BELOW.

REV: FULL FIGURE STANDING PORTRAIT OF CONFUCIUS WITH HANDS CROSSED AND HOLDING CANE UNDER LEFT ARM, CHARIOT AND CITY GATE BACKGROUND RIGHT, SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY SCENE BACKGROUND LEFT; DENOMINATION UPPER RIGHT.

CONFUCIUS (ALSO K'UNG-FU-TSU, KONG ZI OR KONG FUZI) (551-479 BCE), IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE GREATEST CHINESE PHILOSOPHERS AND THINKERS OF ALL TIME.

HE LIVED IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY IN A TIME CALLED "THE SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD".

HIS PHILOSOPHIES STRESSED VALUES SUCH AS INTEGRITY, HONESTY, JUSTICE, PERSONAL AND GOVERNMENTAL MORALITY, FAMILIAL LOYALTY, ANCESTOR WORSHIP AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND HAD A GREAT INFLUENCE ON CHINESE SOCIETY, LEGAL DOCTRINE AND TAOIST DOGMA.

ALTHOUGH MANY OF THE WRITINGS ANTTRIBUTED TO HIM CANNOT BE AUTHENTICATED, HIS ETHICAL AND MORAL TEACHINGS, AS WELL AS THOSE THAT FOLLOWED HIS PHILISOPHICAL RULES OF PERSONAL BEHAVIOR AND VALUES, HAD WIDESPREAD PROMINENCE IN CHINESE CULTURE.

CONTAINS 11.318 GRAMS OF .917 FINE GOLD (.3337 OZ AGW)

23 MM IN DIAMETER

7,000 MINTED