Chinese Commemorative Silver Panda Coin
The PBOC (People’s Bank of China) announced that it would launch silver and gold Panda coins on June 30 to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the issuance of its 1st precious metal commemoratives.
Coin’s reverse Panda bears the same design as depicted on the 2009 Gold Panda and 2009 Silver Panda bullion coins. The new commemoratives, however, feature a ring surrounding the pandas with the inscription “30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ISSUANCE OF THE CHINESE MODERN PRECIOUS METAL COMMEMORATIVE COINS.”
The obverse of silver and gold coins has the image of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest in the Temple of Heaven in Beijing.
The bank said it would issue a maximum of ten thousand gold coins in 1/4 oz size, with a diameter of 22 mm and a fineness of 99.9%. Up to 300 thousand of the 1 oz silver coins are to be struck in .999 fine silver with a diameter of 40 mm. The face value of the silver and gold commemoratives are 10 and 100 yuan, respectively.
The Gold Panda coin design was introduced in 1982. The Silver Panda Coin - in 1983, year after the launch of the popular Panda gold coin
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