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| Announcement
of The People’s Bank of China
[2003] No.18 |
The People's
Bank of China will issue a
set of Chinese Folk Custom---The
Lantern Festival gold and
silver commemorative coins
on Dec. 22nd 2003. This set
of commemorative coins comprises
a gold
coin and a silver coin. They
are all legal tender of the
People's Republic of China.
I. Designs on the commemorative
coins:
This set of commemorative
coins share the same designs
on both obverse and reverse
side of the
coins. The common obverse
design features the emblem
of the PRC., a pattern in
Chinese folk
paper-cut, the title of the
PRC., and year 2004; the common
reverse design features the
image of a
child playing with a festive
lantern, and the image of
a Chinese traditional architecture,
as well as
Chinese characters "元宵节"
( which means The Lantern
Festival ) and the face value.
II. Specifications and mintages:
i. The gold coin is proof
in quality, contains 1/3oz.
pure gold, 99.9% in purity,
round in shape, 23mm in
diameter, 150Yuan in face
value. The mintage is 20,000pc..
ii. The silver coin is proof
in quality, contains 1oz.
pure silver, 99.9% in purity,
round in shape, 40mm in
diameter, 10Yuan in face value.
The mintage is 60,000pc..
This set of commemorative
coins are minted by Shenzhen
Guobao Mint, and exclusively
distributed by
China Gold Coin Incorporation. |
December
18, 2003 |
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