Announcement of the People’s Bank of China
[2006] No. 9

  

  The People’s Bank of China will issue a set of The 70th Anniversary of Victory of Long March of the Chinese Red Army Gold and Silver Commemorative Coins on Aug.29, 2006. This set of commemorative coins comprises one gold coin and one silver coin, both of which are the legal tender of the People’s Republic of China.
  

  I. Design of the coins:
  i. Obverse design on the coin. The common obverse design features the flag of Chinese Red Army and the map of Long March, and the title of the People’s Republic of China, year 2006.
  ii. Reverse design on the coin. The reverse design of the 1/2oz. gold bullion coin features Warriors Who Dashed Through the Luding Bridge, Chinese characters ‘中国工农红军长征胜利70周年纪念’and the face value. The reverse design of the 1oz. silver bullion coin features the soldiers passing snow mountains, Chinese characters ‘中国工农红军长征胜利70周年纪念’and the face value.

  II. The specifications and mintages:  
  i. the 1/2oz. round gold coin is bullion in quality, contains 1/2oz. of pure gold, 27mm in diameter, 200Yuan in face value, 99.9% in purity, the mintage is 10,000pc.  
  ii. the 1oz.round silver coin is bullion in quality, contains 1oz. of pure silver, 40mm in diameter, 10Yuan in face value, 99.9% in purity, the mintage is 25,000pc.
  

  III. This set of gold and silver commemorative coins were minted by Shenzhen Guobao Mint, and exclusively distributed by China Gold Coin Incorporation.

The People’s Bank of China
Aug.18, 2006
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