"Guiwei" Year of the Sheep commemorative coins have a circulation of 6.5438+million sets, with a face value of 654.38+0 yuan, a diameter of 25mm, and brass alloy, which is equivalent to the current RMB. The front design is simple, solemn and elegant. An extra-large character "1" stands out in the middle, with the Chinese phonetic alphabet "one yuan" on the left side of the foot, and the word "yuan" in the same proportion as the letter on the right side. The upper edge is surrounded by the six characters "China People's Bank" handwritten by comrades who are familiar to people. Next, at the bottom of the tall "1", the word "2003" flashed, which set off the commemoration of "1". The waist of the character "1" is cast with thin horizontal lines, which reminds people of the front faces of "1 angle" and "1 yuan" of the fifth set of RMB circulating metal coins at a glance, and has a kind of prosperity and continuous affinity of "brother and sister". The pattern design on the back is not only relaxed and lively, but also full of spring. I saw a boy wearing a wool hat, a sheepskin jacket and shoes, striding happily with a sheep-shaped lantern. Its smiling apple face makes it easy to guess that this "shepherd boy" just got a red envelope from his parents or grandparents and ran out to play happily.

The designer boldly introduced three innovations: first, the lamp pole of the "Sheep Boy" holding a sheep-shaped lantern is not an ordinary lamp pole, but a "Ruyi" made of precious materials, which is full of national characteristics and symbolizes good luck. Secondly, the so-called "shepherd boy" has a sense of honor because his coat and trousers have harmonious mottled patterns. A closer look shows that there are eight artistic variants of the word "sheep" on the coat and eight artistic patterns of ancient coins on the trousers. The combination of the two just happens to be the release date of the coin, which is really unique and original. Third, accompanied by several jumping fireworks, the sheep-shaped lantern made a generous diamond "spring?" Words, people's thinking suddenly led to the festival climax of "New Year Culture". It can be said that the Spring Festival is good, spring comes early, and childhood is full of fun.

2003 is the last year of the lunar calendar, which is the traditional year of the sheep in China. Sheep ranks eighth in the zodiac, as opposed to Wei in the twelve earthly branches. Sheep is the gentlest of the twelve zodiac signs. It is gentle and a little shy, and people can't put it down. The People's Bank of China has specially launched a new series of Lunar New Year greetings developed by ordinary commemorative coins-the Lunar New Year Zodiac Sheep Coin. As the leader of the dual attributes of zodiac and Chinese New Year in common currencies, it has become the focus of people's investment.