2012 Chinese Panda Coin

The 2012 Chinese Panda coins would be issued on 30 November 2011. Like in 2011, there would be 7 gold and 3 silver panda coins for 2012.

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

GOLD

1 kilo: 500 (200)

5oz: 5,000 (2,000) 

1oz: 600,000 (300,000) 

1/2oz:600,000 (200,000) 

1/4oz:600,000 (200,000) 

1/10oz: 800,000 (200,000) 

1/20oz:800,000 (200,000)
 
SILVER

1 kilo: 20,000 (8,000)

5oz: 50,000 (20,000)

2012 1oz Silver Panda Rev

1oz:8,000,00 (3,000,000)

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.

There weren't any varieties discovered but NGC came out with a variety of labels -
The Early Release Blue Label,  First Release Panda Label, Early Release Panda Label, Early Release Country Label and Early Release Great Wall Label (not in picture). Given the mintage of 8 million, top graded coins would be the way to go for Chinese Silver Panda coins now. Number of MS70 graded by NGC stands at 17,310 (26 Oct 2013)

1992 Broken Eye Panda

Non Frosty broken eye

Frosty Non-broken Eye

Frosty Broken Eye

2008 5 oz Silver Panda Coin

2008 5 oz Proof Silver Panda Reverse

2008 5 oz Proof Silver Panda Obverse

2008 5 oz Proof Silver Panda COA

Total NGC graded: 289

PF70 (52); PF69 (228); PF68 (1); PF67 (4); PF66 (2); PF65 (0); PF64 (1); PF63 (1)

April Transacted Prices for Silver Proof Panda (US)

The following prices are averaged transacted prices on US ebay. Data excludes transactions won by 1 bid and 'Buy It Now' as such transactions may not reflect true market price. However, 'Best Offer' transactions are included. Prices are in US Dollars (USD) and includes shipping costs within US. Figures in parentheses ( ) indicates number of transactions for the type of coin.

1 oz Double-sealed with COA & Box

1989: US$205.49

1990: US$361.00

1991: US$342.25

1994: US$930.00

1 oz Double-sealed with COA

1983: US$1,625

1984: US$1,475

1985: US$1,375

1992: US$364

1 oz Encapsulated with COA & Box

1993: US$324.25 (2)

1 oz Double-sealed with Box

1989: US$187.35

1 oz Double-sealed

1989: US$198.81 (14)

1990: US$210.41

1992: US$449.93 (2)

1 oz Encapsulated

1987: US$254.00

1993: US$291.30 (3)

1 oz NGC PF69 Ultra Cameo

1985: US$2,275

1989: US$307.18 (4) (Hi: 332; Lo: 293)

1991: US$415.38 (3) (Hi:466; Lo: 360)

1992: US$492

1993: US$515.75

1994: US$968.50 (2)

1995: US$944 (3)

1996: US$834.25 (2)

1 oz PCGS PR67 DCAM

1984: US$1,629

1991 2 oz Encapsulated with COA & Box: US$808.95

5 oz Double-sealed with COA & Box

1988: US$581.90

2003: US$760.88

5 oz Encapsulated with COA & Box

1990: US$741.09

2003: US$723

2009: US$695

2010: US$610.01

5 oz Encapsulated with Box

1987: US$472

5 oz NGC PF69 Ultra Cameo

1987: US$1,089

2009: US$599.01

5 oz NGC PF68 Ultra Cameo

1987: US$541.21

5 oz NGC PF67 Ultra Cameo

1987: US$522

12 oz Double-sealed with COA & Box

1988: US$1,366

1 kg Encapsulated with COA & Box

2003: US$3,571

2006: US$3,082.50

1 kg Encapsulated

1999: US$3,002

1kg NGC PF69 Ultra Cameo

2009: US$3,415

1kg NGC PF66 Ultra Cameo

2005: US$3,350

April Transacted Prices for Silver Panda (US)

The following prices are averaged transacted prices for double-sealed Chinese Silver Panda coins on US ebay. Prices are in US Dollars (USD) and includes shipping costs within US. Buy-It-Now transactions and transactions won by 1 bid are not included in the data.

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 - 74.65
1990L - 119.18; 1990S - 108.60
1991L - 178.11; 1991S - 163.71
1992L - 164.87; 1992S - 162.90
1993L - 179.39; 1993S - 167.05
1994L - 187.48; 1994S - Nil
1995LTLD - 96.32; 1995STLD - 122.38; 1995STSD - Nil
1996L - 82.50; 1996S - 82.15
1997L - 101.07; 1997S - 88.30
1998L - Nil; 1998S - 207.75
1999L - 317.50; 1999S - 228.40; 1999SR - 409
2000F - 391.74; 2000M - Nil
2001 - 85.44; 2001D - 104.43
2002 - 82.05
2003 - 128.69
2004 - 94.40
2005 - 71.25
2006 - 69.41
2007 - 68.01
2008 - 65.38
2009 - 60.59
2010 - 58.98

NGC MS70

1994L - 2,225.00

2003 - 466.50 (2)

2005 - 373.84 (3)

2008 - 323.62 (3)

2009 - 266.00 (2)

NGC MS69

1989 - 132.32 (2)

1990S - 336.39 (2)

1991L - 215.00

1991S - 252.38

1992L - 304.99

1994L - 197.17 (3)

1994S - 276.77

1995LTLD - 175.97 (7)

1996L - 178.52

1996S - 156.33

1997L - 220.50

1997S - 249.99

2000F - 549.33 (3)

2001 - 197.94 (2)

2001D - 215.00

2002 - 150.02 (2)

PCGS MS70 First Strike

2008 - 291.00

2009 - 292.00

PCGS MS70

1995LTLD - 2,585.00

PCGS MS69

1994S - 289.95

1997S - 174.00

2000F - 629.56

2001 - 286.00

2001D - 256.00

2002 - 196.57

NGC MS68

1999SR - 410.00

2000M - 2,000

NGC MS67

2000M - 1,697

NGC MS66

2000F - 315.38

NGC MS65

2000F - 286.95

April Transacted Prices for Silver Proof Panda

The following prices are averaged transacted prices in Singapore Dollars (SGD) and includes shipping costs to Singapore. Transactions won by 1 bid and 'Buy It Now' are excluded. Transactions where shipping costs are greater than 20% of item cost are also excluded.

1 oz Double-sealed with COA & Box

1989: S$285.28

1990: S$370.13

1992: S$482.27

1 oz Double-sealed with Box

1987: S$400.30

1 oz Encapsulated with Box

1985: S$1,208.59

1 oz Encapsulated

1989: S$166

1 oz NGC PF69 Ultra Cameo

1984: S$2,818.67 (3)

1985: S$3,230.62

1987: S$666.09 (2)

1 oz NGC PF68 Ultra Cameo

1983: S$2,765.51

1985: S$1,810.15

1 oz NGC PF67 Ultra Cameo

1983: S$2,206.56 (2)

1 oz PCGS PR69 DCAM

1985: S$2,602.09

1 oz PCGS PR68 DCAM

1983: S$3,010.63

1985: S$2,602.09

1996: S$837.21

5 oz Encapsulated with COA & Box

1989: S$736.10 (2)

5 oz Double-sealed

1989: S$705.86

5 oz Encapsulated

1987: S$543.26

1988: S$620.26

1989 12 oz Encapsulated with COA & Box: S$1,669.64

1 kg Encapsulated with COA & Box

2006: S$2,917.34

Commentary: It is interesting to note that the 1985 version graded by NGC is sold for higher price than PCGS. Both were sold by the same seller on the same day.

April 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. Transactions won by 1 bid and 'Buy It Now' are excluded. Transactions where shipping costs are greater than 20% of item cost are also excluded.

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 - 115.12

1990L - 152.24; 1990S - 204.27

1991L - Nil; 1991S - 206.69

1992L - Nil; 1992S - Nil

1993L - Nil; 1993S - 217.84

1994L - Nil; 1994S - Nil

1995LTLD - 94.55; 1995STLD - Nil; 1995STSD - Nil

1996L - 136.22; 1996S - Nil

1997L - 104.06; 1997S - 133.10

1998L - Nil; 1998S - 262.17

1999L - Nil; 1999S - Nil; 1999SR - Nil

2000F - 491.30; 2000M - Nil

2001 - 158.43; 2001D - Nil

2002 - 120.45

2003 - 197.99

2004 - 125.58

2005 - 107.27

2006 - Nil

2007 - 88.71

2008 - 86.03

2009 - 82.55

2010 - 73.43

NGC MS69

1989 - 188.56

1990S - 459.22

PCGS MS69

1989 - 231.71

1990L - 243.18

1990S - 489.94

1994S - 374.41

1995STSD - 525.13

1999L - 447.19

2001 - 180.68