2012 "30th Anniversary of Gold Pandas Issuance" Gold & Silver Pandas

[fishball]

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

: 20120315

201233030532



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5"5oz Au .999"
1,"1oz Au .999"
1/10,"1/10oz Au .999"
5,"5oz Ag .999"
1/4"30","1/4oz Ag .999"


5560200099.9%3000
113250099.9%3
1/101/10185099.9%10
55705099.9%3
1/41/425399.9%30

Brief Fishball translation

SauceBOC 2012 March 15th

PBOC has declared that on the 30th of March 2012, to issue "Chinese Gold Panda 30th Anniversary of Issuance" Gold & Silver coin setThis set consists of 5 coins, 3 be Gold, 2 be silver, authorized by our beloved PRC.

1Commemorative coin pattern
1Obverse
The Gold & Silver set's obverse will feature Beijing's Temple of Heaven, name of country, year and "Chinese Panda Gold 30th Anniversary Issuance" in Chinese.
2Reverse
5oz round Gold will feature a Pandatogether w/ great wall of ChinaBamboo and year of issuancealso "5oz Au .999" is engraved.
1oz round Gold will feature a Pandatogether with a bamboo forest design also has "1oz Au .999" engraved
1/10oz round Gold will feature a Pandaalong with a bamboo forest and mirrored fields design (not sure if they mean this) and engraved with "1/10oz Au .999".
5oz round Silver will feature a Pandatogether with bamboo and mountain rock design and engraved with "5oz Ag .999".
1/4oz round Silver will feature a Panda head being the 0 in the 30. Has a cartoonish feel and engraved with "1/4oz Ag .999".

2Mintage and Specifications
5oz Gold Proof qualityhas 5oz GoldDiameter 60mmFace Value 2000YuanFineness 99.9%Greatest Possible Mintage 3000 pieces
1oz Gold Proof qualityDiameter 32mmFace Value 500YuanFineness 99.9%30000 maximum possible mintage
1/10oz Gold Proof qualityDiameter 18mmFace Value 50YuanFineness 99.9%100000 maximum possible mintage
5oz Silver Proof qualityDiameter 70mmFace Value 50YuanFineness 99.9%30000 maximum possible mintage
1/4oz Silver Proof qualityDiameter 25mmFace Value 3YuanFineness 99.9%300000 maximum possible mintage

3This set will be minted at Shenzhen Guobao, Shenyang and Shanghai Mints. Distributed by the CGCI.

Pictures

1/10oz Gold Panda

1oz Gold Panda

5oz Gold Panda

1/4oz Silver Panda

5oz Silver Panda

 

[tamo42]

I'm going to assume that like the dragon coins, these will look better in person!

 

[mfm]

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...

 

[fishball]

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.

 

[Teh silvers]

The new designs are nice. I want a 5 oz. Where can I find the prices ?

 

[25Grizzlies]

The 5 oz design is amazing. Yes please, reminds me of the '95 12oz coin.

 

[apples]

Several beautiful designs, but disappointing that there is no 1 oz Ag variety.

 

[CAPITALISTPIG]

3This set will be minted at Shenzhen Guobao, Shenyang and Shanghai Mints. Distributed by the CGCI.

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.