Coin Blogger » panda http://www.coinblogger.com Bringing coin collectors together to share our love of coins Wed, 18 May 2011 11:00:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 2010 Gold Panda Coins http://www.coinblogger.com/2010-gold-panda-coins/ http://www.coinblogger.com/2010-gold-panda-coins/#comments Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:01:12 +0000 Douglas http://www.coinblogger.com/?p=574 The 2010 Gold Panda Coins are now on sale. The denominations are the same since the change in 2001. These are 20, 50, 100, 200, and 500 Yuan. These represent 1/20th ounce, 1/10th ounce, ¼ ounce, ½ ounce, and the one ounce, respectively. Just like the American gold Buffalo, this coin is 99.99% pure gold. There are plans to have limited editions of these gold Panda Coins that are larger and in the shape of pucks. These will be in 5 ounce and 1 kilo weights.

As most golden panda coin followers know, the depiction of the pandas on the coin change every year. This year is the 28th design and there are two pandas playing and rolling around.

These coins are a legal tender in China and are worth more than the gold from which they are produced. With the price of an ounce of gold presently over $1,100 an ounce, these coins are expensive for coin collecting. That has not diminished their popularity, though.

The current specifications of the one ounce coins are 31.103 grams with a diameter of 32.05 mm and a thickness of 2.70 mm. The gold content is guaranteed by the Chinese government to be 1 troy ounce.

The planned minting amounts of the panda coins for the year 2010 are as follows:

200 of the 1 kilo, 1000 of the 5 ounce, 300,000 of the 1 ounce, 120,000 of the ½ ounce, 120,000 of the ¼ ounce, 120,000 of the 1/10th ounce, and 120,000 of the 1/20th ounce.

For those that love the 2010 Gold Panda Coins, look around before you make your purchase. There are sites selling them for $1995 while others as low as $1395.

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