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Coin Collecting at the Safir House
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In 1983 the People's Republic of China, one of my
least favorite places in the world, began distributing the Silver
and Gold Panda Bullion series in multiple sizes and denominations
from a kilogram to half a troy ounce of 99.9% fine silver and gold. It
makes a bewildering number of coins, and I focus on the 10 Yaun 1
Ounce silver rounds with 31.1 grams of silver total weight.
Generally, these coins are issued bulk or in Proof. Total mintages
aren't well known but the proofs have been minted from about 20,000
to 80,000 one ounce silvers. Several years were skipped including 1986
and 1988. The distribution channel for the Chinese Government is China
Gold Coin . Corperation The coins are great and I'd own more if I didn't
dislike the Chinese Government so much. Frankly, I;m not certain how much
difference there is between the proofs and the BU's. And in 2006 there
was a a flood of counterfiets released on to the Market. They are nice
and fun to collect. So far we have only one which I believe is a proof.
The temple of Heaven on the front has a huge number of perfect stairs, enough to
bewilder a Jefferson Nickel collector.
It is hard to believe but the new Panda actually improve on the old onesi
These are the 2012 Version