1 Fen
Features
| Issuer |
People's Republic of China
 |
|---|---|
| Ruling authority |
People's Republic (1949-date)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1955-2018 |
| Value | 1 Fen (壹分) 0.01 CNY = USD 0.0014 |
| Currency | Rénmínbì (1955-date) |
| Composition | Aluminium (94.6% Aluminium, 5% Magnesium, 0.04% Manganese) |
| Weight | 0.67 g |
| Diameter | 18 mm |
| Thickness | 1.35 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Issued | 1 December 1957 |
| Number | N# 1005 |
| References | KM# 1 Standard Catalog of World Coins (85 volumes). Battenberg (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (3 volumes). Whitman Publishing (publisher). A Catalog of Modern World Coins. Whitman Publishing (4 volumes). |
Obverse
China's emblem (Tian'anmen, the "Gate of Heavenly Peace", the gate to the forbidden city, with 5 stars above)
Script: Chinese
Lettering: 中華人民共和國
Translation: People's Republic of China
Reverse
Ears surrounding the face value
NOTE: varieties in different size of date numerals exist.
Script: Chinese
Lettering:
1
壹分
2008
Translation:
1
One Fen
2008
Edge
Reeded
© Saber82
Comments
Varieties in different size of date numerals exist.
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| Date | Mintage | G | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1955 | $ 0.59 | $ 0.59 | Modern letters | 3% | |||||||||||
| 1956 | $ 0.59 | Modern letters | 2.0% | ||||||||||||
| 1957 | Modern letters | 0.7% | |||||||||||||
| 1958 | $ 0.31 | $ 0.73 | Modern letters | 2% | |||||||||||
| 1959 | $ 0.17 | $ 0.25 | $ 0.66 | Modern letters | 5% | ||||||||||
| 1961 | $ 0.15 | $ 0.23 | $ 0.74 | Modern letters | 3% | ||||||||||
| 1963 | $ 0.20 | $ 0.23 | $ 0.58 | $ 0.73 | $ 0.86 | $ 1.00 | Modern letters | 5% | |||||||
| 1964 | $ 0.11 | $ 0.19 | $ 0.51 | $ 0.64 | $ 1.00 | Modern letters | 10% | ||||||||
| 1971 | $ 0.25 | $ 0.25 | $ 0.25 | $ 0.33 | $ 0.51 | Modern letters | 6% | ||||||||
| 1972 | $ 0.17 | $ 0.47 | $ 0.47 | $ 0.47 | Modern letters | 5% | |||||||||
| 1973 | $ 0.34 | $ 0.41 | Modern letters | 5% | |||||||||||
| 1974 | $ 0.24 | $ 0.24 | Modern letters | 3% | |||||||||||
| 1974 | Stylized letters, different font | 0.6% | |||||||||||||
| 1975 | 500 000 | $ 0.16 | $ 0.26 | $ 0.26 | $ 0.26 | $ 0.26 | $ 0.28 | $ 1.10 | Modern letters | 14% | |||||
| 1976 | $ 0.11 | $ 1.10 | Modern letters | 3% | |||||||||||
| 1976 | $ 0.79 | $ 1.00 | Stylized letters, different font | 1.1% | |||||||||||
| 1977 | $ 0.11 | $ 0.11 | $ 0.23 | $ 0.23 | $ 0.82 | Modern letters | 18% | ||||||||
| 1978 | $ 0.23 | $ 0.23 | $ 0.23 | $ 0.46 | $ 1.10 | Modern letters | 7% | ||||||||
| 1978 | $ 0.69 | Stylized letters, different font | 1.5% | ||||||||||||
| 1979 | $ 0.31 | $ 0.35 | $ 0.78 | Modern letters | 5% | ||||||||||
| 1979 | Stylized letters, different font | 0.03% | |||||||||||||
| 1980 | $ 0.10 | $ 0.26 | $ 0.28 | $ 0.51 | $ 1.40 | Modern letters | 8% | ||||||||
| 1980 | 10 000 | Modern letters; Proof | 0.3% | ||||||||||||
| 1980 | $ 0.17 | Stylized letters, different font | 1.8% | ||||||||||||
| 1981 | Modern letters | 0.5% | |||||||||||||
| 1981 | 
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10 000 | Modern letters; Proof | 0.18% | |||||||||||
| 1982 | $ 0.06 | $ 0.11 | $ 0.23 | $ 0.57 | $ 1.00 | Modern letters | 13% | ||||||||
| 1982 | 10 000 | Modern letters; Proof | 0.4% | ||||||||||||
| 1982 | $ 0.19 | $ 0.22 | $ 0.28 | Stylized letters, different font | 2.0% | ||||||||||
| 1983 | 2 412 000 | $ 0.07 | $ 0.16 | $ 0.19 | $ 0.19 | $ 0.25 | $ 0.25 | $ 1.00 | Modern letters | 18% | |||||
| 1983 | 10 000 | Modern letters; Proof | 0.4% | ||||||||||||
| 1983 | $ 0.51 | $ 0.51 | $ 0.73 | Stylized letters, different font | 3% | ||||||||||
| 1984 | 3 283 000 | $ 0.11 | $ 0.20 | $ 0.21 | $ 0.60 | Modern letters | 4% | ||||||||
| 1984 | 10 000 | Modern letters; Proof | 0.15% | ||||||||||||
| 1984 | Stylized letters, different font | 0.6% | |||||||||||||
| 1985 | $ 0.11 | $ 0.16 | $ 0.16 | $ 0.22 | $ 0.53 | Modern letters | 7% | ||||||||
| 1985 | 4 825 | Modern letters; Proof | 0.2% | ||||||||||||
| 1986 | $ 0.23 | $ 0.23 | $ 0.23 | $ 0.41 | $ 0.57 | Modern letters | 16% | ||||||||
| 1986 | 660 | Modern letters; Proof | 0.4% | ||||||||||||
| 1987 | $ 0.11 | $ 0.17 | $ 0.17 | $ 0.17 | $ 0.45 | $ 0.45 | Modern letters | 22% | |||||||
| 1991 | $ 0.26 | $ 0.26 | $ 0.26 | $ 0.26 | $ 0.53 | Modern letters | 13% | ||||||||
| 1991 | 20 000 | Modern letters, Proof | 0.6% | ||||||||||||
| 1992 | Modern letters | 0.3% | |||||||||||||
| 1992 | 20 000 | Modern letters, Proof | 0.13% | ||||||||||||
| 1993 | Modern letters, In Sets only | 0.2% | |||||||||||||
| 1993 | 20 000 | Modern letters, Proof | 0.19% | ||||||||||||
| 1994 | Modern letters, In Sets only | 0.3% | |||||||||||||
| 1994 | 20 000 | Modern letters, Proof | 0.13% | ||||||||||||
| 1995 | Modern letters, In Sets only | 0.2% | |||||||||||||
| 1995 | 20 000 | Modern letters, Proof | 0.15% | ||||||||||||
| 1996 | Modern letters, In Sets only | 0.3% | |||||||||||||
| 1996 | 20 000 | Modern letters, Proof | 0.11% | ||||||||||||
| 1997 | Modern letters | 0.5% | |||||||||||||
| 1997 | 20 000 | Modern letters, Proof | 0.09% | ||||||||||||
| 1998 | Modern letters | 0.3% | |||||||||||||
| 1998 | 20 000 | Modern letters, Proof | 0.08% | ||||||||||||
| 1999 | Modern letters | 0.4% | |||||||||||||
| 1999 | 20 000 | Modern letters, Proof | 0.11% | ||||||||||||
| 2000 | Modern letters | 1.0% | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | 20 000 | Modern letters, Proof | 0.08% | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | $ 0.15 | $ 0.19 | $ 0.28 | $ 0.57 | Modern letters | 9% | |||||||||
| 2006 | $ 0.12 | $ 0.12 | $ 0.19 | $ 0.28 | $ 0.36 | Modern letters | 7% | ||||||||
| 2007 | $ 0.12 | $ 0.14 | $ 0.23 | $ 0.23 | $ 0.56 | Modern letters | 8% | ||||||||
| 2008 | $ 0.20 | $ 0.20 | $ 0.36 | $ 0.57 | Modern letters | 7% | |||||||||
| 2009 | $ 0.26 | $ 0.28 | $ 0.57 | Modern letters | 5% | ||||||||||
| 2010 | $ 0.12 | $ 0.23 | $ 0.57 | $ 0.57 | Modern letters | 5% | |||||||||
| 2011 | $ 0.10 | $ 0.16 | $ 0.19 | $ 0.19 | $ 0.19 | $ 0.37 | Modern letters | 8% | |||||||
| 2012 | $ 0.19 | $ 0.19 | $ 0.19 | $ 0.57 | 5% | ||||||||||
| 2013 | $ 0.09 | $ 0.32 | $ 0.42 | $ 0.42 | 6% | ||||||||||
| 2015 | $ 0.38 | $ 0.38 | $ 0.40 | 4% | |||||||||||
| 2017 | $ 1.30 | 1.4% | |||||||||||||
| 2018 | 0.2% | ||||||||||||||
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| Pictures | Sale | Date | Version | Grade | Sold price |
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Heritage Auctions 2024 January 16 - 18 NYINC World Coins Signature Auction 3114 Lot 33400 
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16 Jan 2024 | 1981 – Modern letters; Proof | UNC |
The lot includes several items. |
| © Heritage Auctions | |||||
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Katz Auction 152 Lot 1737
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8 Mar 2025 | Undetermined | UNC | Unsold |
| © Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp. | |||||
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Katz Auction 146 Lot 2837
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14 Dec 2024 | Undetermined | UNC |
USD 32.88
(EUR 29.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
| © Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp. | |||||
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