The 2010 Chinese Panda coins would be issued by November 2009. There would be 7 gold and 3 silver panda coins for 2010.
The planned maximum mintage is as follows, previous year mintage in ( ):
GOLD
1 kilo: 200
5oz: 1,000
1oz: 300,000 (160,000)
1/2oz: 120,000 (60,000)
1/4oz: 120,000 (60,000)
1/10oz: 120,000 (100,000)
1/20oz: 120,000 (100,000)
2010 Chinese Silver Panda Obverse
2010 Chinese Silver Panda Reverse
1 kilo: 4,000
5oz: 10,000
1oz: 800,000 (600,000)
The Chinese government is definitely encouraging more of their common People to hold physical precious metals by greatly increasing the mintage for the smaller denomination.
Within 1 month of issue, collectors began to spot the differences between the 2010 Silver Panda coins. It began with 2 varieties differentiated by their capsules - Shenzhen Guobao Mint uses capsules that has 3 hitches inside to keep the coin in position. It was observed that the Shenzhen produced coin had a frosty background of the bamboo.
Later on, other collectors also observed that from each mint, there are actually 2 varieties making it total of 4 varieties for the 2010 version of Silver Panda coins. The differences between the 4 varieties can be observed from the 'black' fur at the neck of the left panda and right hind leg of the right panda.
Total NGC graded: 16,959
MS70 (1,805); MS69 (11,705); MS68 (3,271); MS67 (117); MS66 (47); MS65 (7); MS64 (7)
Can you buy small gold panda coins in China if you are not a Chinese citizen? I plan to return there in 2010.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if you want to buy from mainland China as there could be tax involved. HK SAR remains my choice for these coins.
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