Hi Andrewlee10, I used to travel to china every time due to my job. Yes problem, with buying panda in China is taking the risk of being faked. So I tried to buy in the most established stores only. In Guangzhou, there is a district or a street that selling silver and gold coins, i checked all the pandas i bought from them and they are ok. Most of the time i found stores for silver coins inside Tesco store. I also bought many decorative chinese mini coins and mini gold ingots from time to time 1-10 grams in pieces. They are amazing, the prices are standard and can ask for small discount. I always buy early morning during my short walk from my hotel and being the first customer for them.
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@CMCART the 2013 panda design is probably my most favourite panda design, I am fortunate enough to also have this in gold, it is a really beauty! Thanks for sharing your photos, it looks stunning.
2016 20th anniversary of Beijing Bank gold and silver panda set. 8 g Gold 35,000 mintage 30 silver 50,000 mintage
Hello kind people at the panda forum. I am considering whether to send a couple of 2003 silver pandas for grading (NGC). As you can see, they are currently in OMP. In that regards, I have two questions: 1. One of them appears to have some toning. Is this something that can/will be removed by conservation? If not, I assume I should keep it as is. 2. The other coin looks flawless to my untrained eye. Is it generally seen as a profitable move (in regards to market value), to send them for grading? I don't collect silver pandas, but got them at a good price and looking to flip them... [imgz=http://forums.silverstackers.com/uploads/14219_img_1578.jpg][/imgz] I am sending a gold coin with some red spots as well, as I have come to understand this will easily be removed by conservation. Is this always the case, or more of a gamble? Feel free to enlighten me further if there is something (else) I am missing.
Haven’t been here in years, sad to see all the photos I posted long ago no longer visible. Not sure what happened to my photobucket account, guess it cancelled. What happened to Yennus, Fishball, Lightview, 25 Grizzlies and everyone else? Hope everyone is doing well !
Seems sadly missed the parade of pandas some beautiful pieces here and i joined to late. Some of my own small and humble collection...hoping to slowly add more