Chinese Silver Coins

As sacred as the American Silver Eagle Coin is to America, the Chinese Silver Panda Coin is the crowning jewel of the China Mint. This silver Chinese coin was first minted in 1983, and in 2016, the Mint transitioned the Panda Series over to the metric system, making their standard denomination 30-gram coins rather than 1-oz. Depending on the year the coin is released, each Chinese Silver Panda is struck in 99.9% pure silver, holding a 10 Yuan legal tender. 

As an annual bullion release, the Chinese Silver Panda series typically sees demand and anticipation every year from collectors.

The China Mint prides itself on creating a variety of Chinese silver coins and medals – from the Silver Panda design and Chinese Silver Lunar Coin series to the Mint’s Moon Festival Panda® series that pays tribute to the Chinese Moon Festival.

The Temple of Heaven is always portrayed on the obverse of each silver coin within this series. However, each new design on the reverse always features a new rendition of the native Chinese bear, minus a few exceptions.  For example, a 2017 China Silver Panda is going to vary from the 2018 Silver Panda and so on and so forth.  Collecting this highly regarded series results in a vast collection of immortalized silver art pieces that date back over 35 years. 

In 2019, the China Mint started a series in a series which will feature the lifecycle of a giant panda  from cub to adult on the reverse of the coin.  This narrative will come to an end in 2028 after ten one-year-only designs that center on a growing panda.

In 1981, the Chinese Mint first began this commemorative series to honor the tradition of the 12 zodiac animals in the Chinese Lunar Calendar. Since the release of the first series, the Mint has released a total of four lunar series. The newest cycle began in 2020 to feature the clever Rat, and due to the diversity of designs that come from each coin within these lunar coins, some collectors use China Mint lunar-themed releases as the basis of their silver Chinese coin collection.

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