Set report · China · Circulating
Yuan: Who Owns What
How often each Yuan coin actually turns up in a collection, measured by how many of the 81 collectors of this set have one. Coins are graded from Common to Extremely scarce against the set's most-owned coin — a measure of collecting frequency, not of how many survive.
Hardest to find in real collections
The five least-owned coins of the set — ownership counts are collector-reported.
…and the ones everybody has
Full set: ownership & rarity, coin by coin
Values by grade for each of these live on the Yuan catalog pages and the full price guide.
| Coin | Mintage | Collectors | % of set collectors | How often collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | — | 49 | 60.5% | Common |
| 1980 (Variety) | — | 2 | 2.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1981 | — | 31 | 38.3% | Uncommon |
| 1981 (Proof) | — | 1 | 1.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1982 (Proof) | — | 1 | 1.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1983 | — | 26 | 32.1% | Uncommon |
| 1983 (Proof) | — | 1 | 1.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1984 (Proof) | — | 2 | 2.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1985 | — | 29 | 35.8% | Uncommon |
| 1985 (Proof) | — | 1 | 1.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1991 | — | 27 | 33.3% | Uncommon |
| 1991 (Proof) | — | 1 | 1.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1991 (Specimen) | — | 1 | 1.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1992 | — | 17 | 21% | Scarce |
| 1992 (Proof) | — | 1 | 1.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1993 | — | 17 | 21% | Scarce |
| 1994 | — | 19 | 23.5% | Scarce |
| 1995 | — | 21 | 25.9% | Scarce |
| 1996 | — | 17 | 21% | Scarce |
| 1997 | — | 20 | 24.7% | Scarce |
| 1997 (Proof) | — | 1 | 1.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1998 | — | 14 | 17.3% | Scarce |
| 1998 (Proof) | — | 1 | 1.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1999 | — | 18 | 22.2% | Scarce |
| 1999 (Proof) | — | 2 | 2.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 2000 | — | 21 | 25.9% | Scarce |
| 2000 (Proof) | — | 1 | 1.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 2001 | — | 4 | 4.9% | Extremely scarce |
| 2002 | — | 3 | 3.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 2003 | — | 5 | 6.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 2004 | — | 7 | 8.6% | Very scarce |
| 2005 | — | 4 | 4.9% | Extremely scarce |
| 2006 | — | 4 | 4.9% | Extremely scarce |
| 2007 | — | 7 | 8.6% | Very scarce |
| 2008 | — | 4 | 4.9% | Extremely scarce |
| 2009 | — | 4 | 4.9% | Extremely scarce |
| 2010 | — | 6 | 7.4% | Very scarce |
| 2011 | — | 5 | 6.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 2012 | — | 11 | 13.6% | Very scarce |
| 2013 | — | 9 | 11.1% | Very scarce |
| 2014 | — | 5 | 6.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 2015 | — | 3 | 3.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 2016 | — | 7 | 8.6% | Very scarce |
| 2017 | — | 4 | 4.9% | Extremely scarce |
| 2018 | — | 7 | 8.6% | Very scarce |
| 2019 | — | 4 | 4.9% | Extremely scarce |
| 2020 | — | 3 | 3.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 2021 | — | 3 | 3.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 2022 | — | 3 | 3.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 2023 | — | 3 | 3.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 2024 | — | 3 | 3.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 2025 | — | 3 | 3.7% | Extremely scarce |
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Based on the share of this set's collectors who own each coin — how often it turns up in a collection, not how many survive. Not the Sheldon rarity scale.
About these numbers
Ownership counts come from the same live per-coin counters shown across the LuckyCoin catalog; set-level collector counts come from the annual full-collection scan behind The State of Coin Collecting 2026. Counts are collector-reported and aggregate-only. Scarcity tiers come from 100 × (1 − owners ÷ owners of the set's most-owned coin): Common under 25, Uncommon 25–49, Scarce 50–74, Very scarce 75–89, Extremely scarce 90+. This reflects how often a coin is collected, not its surviving population — it is not the Sheldon rarity scale. CC BY 4.0 with attribution.