This is going to 3rd year for the series. Each year which will have new innovation on this series which is no exceptional for 2018 Temple of Heaven Panda 3 TOH 3. TOH 1 innovation are :- - the segmental fur of the panda at legs and hands with small concave to show higher relief, - full reverse proof technology for the panda background, - the 1st year of gold panda non fiat coin for Nanjing Mint. There are several prototype been minted in TOH 1 for research, testing for next series and so on. You are hardly see in the market. TOH 2 remain all above features and innovation. On top of it, the additional innovation are :- - first seemless gap Bimetallic gold and silver panda non fiat coin as adopted by the 35th anni panda bimetallic fiat coin, - deeper concave to get higher release vs TOH 1 (you can notice the cap is not fully fit into the non fiat coin), - China common seal design in the non fiat coin for the "Nanjing word" in Mandarin which is uncommon for officer mint since late 1990, - improvement on fur engraving and technic, - more counterfeit features on the bimetallic gold and silver non fiat coin, - details engraving technique for the rocks and bamboo leaves, - sand blasting on temple of heaven fully to avoid white spot, - lining proof areas within the outer layer of temple of heaven to made the high relief stand out, - ultra details engrave on the dragon on the TOH staircase and the rooftop TOH 3 to be disclose. New variety is tested in early stage in prototype and will apply to TOH 3. Therefore, the silver and Antique silver will minting before the non precious metals. This weekend or early next week will start accepting pre order. The mintage is 118 silver and 69 antique silver (55 for selling 14 for mint VIP and staff). anyone can pm me here or email me for details if keen.
send me your email which I include you in mailing list. 62 g .999 silver USD196 ETA July 2018. Bimetallic not available for pre-order for TOH 3 now. Bimetallic gold and silver Toh 2 which you can buy from my webpage if available. However, it is numic price NOT bullion price. 50% sold which I yet to do email blast.
TOH 3 in 2018 tries to encompass the previous 2 years TOH innovative features. On top of it, an improvement have been done on it too. This years innovative features are : - Details fur on panda body and head. - eyes brow of panda as 2018 panda fiat coin and Nanjing panda - Great Wall 2018 - details engraving of panda nature habitat - Happy panda family of 3 members which represent panda of temple heaven 3. - Summer in season as background which nicely fit in our holiday mood.
Here the Non precious metal varieties which are going to pre order soon. The special varieties is inner and outer circle bimetallic. The normal bimetallic which is reversal of metal vs TOH 1 & 2. Brass is harder to mint so the panda side relief is higher in toh 3 as comparison with toh 1 & 2 so it is likely minting dies will break if use brass at panda side. SPECIAL variety mock up photo instead of specimen coin
left few person to pack and deliver due to late in silver antique. Just sold bunch of NGC PF70 silver in few days. 12 omp left and few NGC left. Lavender ebay seller got 3 NGC PF70 if you miss the good deal in my webshop and ebay. Antique silver NGC will out.
Just update majority of the non-precious metal variety left 20% to sell in omp and 10% in NGC. Brass left 10% omp 5 % NGC. Antique brass left 2 piece.