Front (core): A stylized eye above 11 lines
behind ribbon-like 2 above map of Asia with hatched china
legend (ring): (subject) 迎 接 新 世 纪
(translation: To welcome the new century)
(bottom, value) 10 元 (Yuan)
Back: Wheel design on track with (left) rocket
(right) city view above truncation
legend (ring): (above, wide state name) 中 华 人 民 共 和 國
(Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó, translation: People's Republic
of China (PRC, (bottom, year in Western) 2000
Edge: P.G. - plain with . segments of .. ridges