The markets are starting to pick up again. Check out the LBC list for your investment grade pandas (and lunars and Marco Polos and gods of wealth and and and...). There's a lot to be learned about the market even if shipping to AU is prohibitive . Read more at Modern Chinese coin investments LIST #98 - Feed success long term, inflation
I thought the prices were picking up from 2012, depending on how the Lunar dragon performs. Or maybe I misinterpreted badon's post
What he's saying is that there may be sellers cashing out of pandas to get into lunars. But at the same time, the overall market is picking up. So I don't think we'll see much in the way of lower prices. The selling to get into dragons will probably just keep the pandas a bit lower than they otherwise would have been, but not create a decline in absolute terms.
Wow... this is pretty cool! 2011 1 oz silver Beijing-Shanghai rail panda NGC MS 70 sold for $550 ... I think I really need to get into this grading scene quick!
What's the mintage for that coin yennus? I still can't find a comprehensive mintage site for all modern chinese coins, including commeratives... Could someone please include a link here or PM me if they know a good mintage site. Cheers
Panda book stops at 2010... China-info doesnt have the 2011 coins up yet and 2011's nearly gone! I think I found a pre 2010 commemorative that wasnt it the Panda book, wish I could remember what it was...
Hm... if there really isn't anything online I might put something together later in my spare time. I've always just Google'd my way around :lol:
This link has been posted before http://www.chngc.net/EnVersion/Information/ShowDetail.aspx?intInfoID=87 Also have a look under "New issues"
This information is found on the front page of pandacollector.com: 60th Anniversary of the Aviation Industry 10 Yuan 1 oz. silver Panda coin mintage 20,000 100 Yuan 1/4 oz. gold Panda coin mintage 5,000 2011 Xi'an International Horticultural Exposition 10 Yuan 1 oz. silver Panda coin mintage 20,000 100 Yuan 1/4 oz. gold Panda coin mintage 3,000 Opening of the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway 10 Yuan 1 oz. silver Panda coin mintage 30,000 100 Yuan 1/4 oz. gold Panda coin mintage 10,000 60th anniversary China National Committee on Banking Trade Union 10 Yuan 1 oz. silver Panda mintage 30,000 10th anniversary of Shanghai Gold Exchange 10 Yuan 1 oz. silver Panda coin mintage 30,000 100 Yuan 1/4 oz. gold Panda coin mintage 6,000
As always thanks for the great information tamo42 ... Chinese pandas are hot right now and I agree with tamo42, it will be picking up from here. As mentioned at CCF two or three days ago some very wealthy collector walked into rarecoincollector (one of my favorite graded panda dealers) in Sarasota, Florida and purchased every single silver graded BU & Proof panda that Monique had which by estimates was well over $100,000 just in Chinese pandas. I checked again today and she has only restocked about 3 silver pandas so far This fact along with along with the fact that just a few months ago, a large collector did the same thing at Panda America except that they also scooped up every raw silver panda as well and the majority of the gold pandas too. I check both of these sites almost daily and I see that Panda America has finally gotten a few pandas back in stock however the few they have are mostly graded. Considering that these very large panda dealers have been bought out and the other large dealers are maintaining current prices I would say that Chinese Pandas are as strong as ever and will only grow in demand.
That's funny because it's exactly what I'd do if i were rich LOL, I'd be like the Hunt brothers of pandas
