2011 Chinese Panda Coin

The 2011 Chinese Panda coins would be issued on 10 December 2010. Like in 2010, there would be 7 gold and 3 silver panda coins for 2011.

The planned maximum mintage is as follows, previous year mintage in ( ):

2011 1 oz Gold Panda Reverse

2011 1 oz Gold Panda Obverse

GOLD

1 kilo: 300 (200)

5oz: 2,000 (1,000)

1oz: 300,000 (300,000)

1/2oz: 200,000 (120,000)

1/4oz: 200,000 (120,000)

1/10oz: 200,000 (120,000)

1/20oz: 200,000 (120,000)

2011 1 oz Silver Panda Reverse

2011 1 oz Silver Panda Obverse

SILVER

1 kilo: 8,000 (4,000)

5oz: 20,000 (10,000)

1oz: 3,000,00 (800,000)

The Panda coins will be produced by Shen Zhen Guo Bao, Shen Yang and Shanghai Mint. It would be interesting to see how many varieties are there for this issue.

In addition, from internet pictures, it seems that the stone sculpture on the centre stair way has become plain like the temple design used before 2002. Let's get the real thing to see for ourselves.

Total NGC graded: 13,455 (as of 18 Dec 2011)

MS70 (6,805); MS69 (6,650)

November Transacted Prices for Silver Panda

The following prices are averaged transacted prices for double-sealed Chinese Silver Panda coins. Prices are in Singapore Dollars (SGD) and includes shipping costs to Singapore.

Legend: L - Large Date; S - Small Date; F - Frosty; M - Mirrored; SR - Serif Font; LTLD: Large Twig Large Date; STLD: Small Twig Large Date; STSD - Small Twig Small Date; D - Domestic

Red indicates a decrease in price over previous month;
Green indicates an increase in price over previous month.

1989 - 68.35
1990L - 66.77; 1990S - Nil
1991L - Nil; 1991S - Nil
1992L - Nil; 1992S - Nil
1993L - Nil; 1993S - 144.63
1994L - 100.32; 1994S - Nil
1995LTLD - 59.93; 1995STLD - Nil; 1995STSD - Nil
1996L - Nil; 1996S - 76.75
1997L - Nil; 1997S - 66.69
1998L - Nil; 1998S - 89.75
1999L - Nil; 1999S - Nil; 1999SR - Nil
2000F - 253.71; 2000M - 87.29
2001 - 53.38; 2001D - Nil
2002 - 88.28
2003 - 94.12
2004 - 103.15
2005 - 64.53
2006 - 70.17
2007 - 64.50
2008 - 66.56
2009 - 58.82
2010 - 60.17

Commentary: Post - 1999 version prices went up across the board except for the 2001. Notably, the 2010 version crossed the S$60 mark for the first time. And it was definitely not due to high shipping as shipping cost was consistent at 20% of item price for past 3 months since September. Number of transactions were surprisingly low for pre - 2000 version. However, there were still bargains to be picked as buyers were put of by the high shipping cost of US$30 for the double-sealed 2000 Mirrored Panda and it ended really cheap. Even for myself, I managed to pick up a scarce 1999 Large Date - which is more scarce than the Large Serif Date.