This is different from the 2009 one which was 30th Anniversary of Modern Chinese Commemorative Coinage. This commemorates the 30th Anniversary of Pandas. http://www.chngc.net/main/D_Information/ShowDetail_10200.shtml Pictures 1/10oz Gold Panda 1oz Gold Panda 5oz Gold Panda 1/4oz Silver Panda 5oz Silver Panda
Certainly much nicer than the usual overpriced and boring "Commemorative Pandas", just that 1/4 oz is too small... The 5 oz AU is neat, but the price will be at least 100 000 RMB so I think I'll skip that one...
5oz Au looks lovely but out of my price range too... with the Stacks/Champion auctions and my recent buying spree I think I can't afford it. Will consider either the 5oz silver or the 1oz gold but both have quite high mintage. The SG medal seems like a much better buy with lower mintage.
Since these will be minted at 3 different mints, Perhpas we will see some mint varieties also??? It seems that ChinaMint likes to keep things interesting with the varieties. As usual, these would not be announced, but left up to the collectors to discover. Just a possibility to watch for.