1 9 , ▁and ▁was ▁issued ▁into ▁general ▁circul ation ▁on ▁August ▁ 3 0 , ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁with ▁the ▁following ▁bank notes ▁and ▁co ins : ▁ ▁bank notes : ▁ ¥ 1 , ▁ ¥ 1 0 , ▁ ¥ 2 0 , ▁ ¥ 5 0 ▁ ▁co ins : ▁ ¥ 0 . 1 , ▁ ¥ 0 . 5 , ▁ ¥ 1 ▁ ▁The ▁new ▁design ▁is ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁bank notes ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁edition , ▁with ▁some ▁changes ▁made ▁to ▁the ▁printing ▁patterns ▁of ▁both ▁b ills ▁and ▁co ins . ▁Official s ▁at ▁the ▁People ' s ▁Bank ▁of ▁China ▁also ▁told ▁the ▁press ▁that ▁the ▁latest ▁issu ance ▁does ▁not ▁include ▁a ▁new ▁ 5 - y uan ▁note , ▁which ▁is ▁being ▁tested ▁for ▁new ▁printing ▁techn ologies ▁in ▁a ▁bid ▁to ▁reduce ▁counter fe iting ▁of ▁the ▁Chinese ▁currency . ▁ ▁The ▁new ▁ ¥ 1 ▁coin ▁has ▁been ▁narrow ed ▁into ▁ 2 2 . 2 5   mm , ▁ 2 . 7 5   mm ▁less ▁than ▁before . ▁Also , ▁the ▁new ▁ ¥ 0 . 5 ▁coin ▁contains ▁eight ▁is ometric ▁ser r ations ▁with ▁the ▁coin ' s ▁color ▁becoming ▁nick el ▁instead ▁of ▁golden ▁yellow ▁inside , ▁and ▁the ▁inner ▁edge ▁of ▁the ▁coin ▁is ▁changed ▁into ▁a ▁polygon ▁from ▁circle . ▁ ▁The ▁third ▁edition ▁includes ▁the ▁following ▁co