http://english.cntv.cn/20130927/102247.shtml"The People's Bank of China plans to issue on October 10 a total of 16 kinds of gold and silver commemorative coins for the coming Year of the Horse, the bank said Thursday. The coins have face values ranging from 10 yuan ($1.6) to 100,000 yuan. The maximum circulation amount of the 100,000-yuan coin is 18. All these coins can be circulated as normal currency." See photos at link