2021 Chinese Panda 30 grams Silver Coin
The China Mint's Silver Panda series has been issued annually since 1983, featuring changing imagery dedicated to the distinct Chinese native creature. In 2019, the Mint launched a "series within a series", which will follow the life a panda from baby cub to maturity. The 2021 release is the third design of the anticipated ten-year series.
The Chinese Mint first issued the Chinese Panda Silver coin as a proof specimen in 1983. The early versions of the coin had weights that never stuck to 1 Troy oz each year, sometimes going over that mark and sometimes falling under. The silver content of the coins ebbed and flowed as well during this time. The first issues were proof specimens through 1988. After an early halt in the program, the 1 Troy oz weight was standardized first, followed by the .999 pure content. By 1989, the Chinese Mint had stabilized the coin as a 1 Troy oz .999 pure silver BU specimen that would be available annually.
Coin Features:
- Struck from .999 fine silver
- Weight of 30 grams
- Minted in Brilliant Uncirculated Condition
- Produced by the Chinese Mint
- Face value of 10 Yuan
- Precious Metals IRA eligible
- Individual coins come in a protective plastic capsule while lots of 15 come in a plastic sheet.
- Chinese legal tender assured by the People's Bank of China.
- Obverse: Features a new design for 2021 depicting a mother panda with her cub. The young cub is shown climbing the trunk of a tree looking down at its mother. The mother panda is glancing up at her cub and even extending a paw as if to support it from behind. The inscriptions include 30 g Ag .999 and the 10 Yuan face value.
- Reverse: Features the Hall of Prayer for Abundant Harvests. Built between 1406 and 1420, the building is the central structure in the Temple of Heaven Complex within the city of Beijing. Inscriptions on this side include the nation of issue in Mandarin script above the design element and the date mark of 2021 below the design element.
