The People’s Bank of China will issue a set of Chinese Classical Literary Works---Pilgrimage To The West colored gold and silver commemorative coins (the 1st set) in August 28th, 2003. This set comprises 5 coins, 2 gold coins and 3 silver coins, all of which are the legal tender of the PRC..
I. Designs On The Commemorative Coins:
(I) The Obverse Design:
The common obverse design is On The Scripture-seeking Route to India, the title of the PRC., and year 2003.
(II)The Reverse Design:
i. The reverse design on the 1/2oz. colored gold coin features The Birth Of The Monkey King, and the face value.
ii.The reverse design on the 1oz. colored silver coins (2coins) feature respectively Borrowing Treasured Weapon In The Palace Of The Dragon King; Fighting Against The God Erh-lang, and the face values.
iii.The reverse design on the 5oz. colored gold coin features The Monkey King Caused Havoc In The Heavenly Palace, and the face value.
iv.The reverse design on the 5oz. colored silver coin features At The Lady Queen Mother’s Peach Banquet, and the face value.
II. Specifications and Mintages:
i.The 1/2oz. colored gold coin is proof finished, contains 1/2oz. pure gold, round in shape, 27mm in diameter, 200 Yuan in face value, 99.9% in purity, the mintage is 11,800pc..
ii.The 1oz. colored silver coins (2 coins) are proof finished, each contains 1oz. of pure silver, round in shape, 40mm in diameter, 10 Yuan in face value, 99.9% in purity, each has a mintage of 38,000pc..
iii.The 5oz. colored gold coin is proof finished, contains 5oz. pure gold, oblong in shape, the specification is 64mm×40mm, 2,000 Yuan in face value, 99.9% in purity, the mintage is 500pc..
iv. The 5oz. colored silver coin is proof finished, contains 5oz. pure silver, oblong in shape, the specification is 80mm×50mm, 50 Yuan in face value, 99.9% in purity, the mintage is 10,000pc..
III. This set of colored gold and silver commemorative coins are minted by Shenzhen Guobao Mint, distributed exclusively by CGCI.

Aug 20th, 2003