| The People’s
Bank of China will issue a set of panda commemorative gold and silver
coins for the 2006 Shenyang Commemoration of International Horticultural
Exposition on May.1, 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 Hall of Praying for Good Harvest of the Temple of Heaven in
Beijing, and the title of the People’s Republic of China, year 2006,
as well as Chinese characters ‘2006中国沈阳世界园艺博览会纪念’;
ii. Reverse design on the coin. The reverse design of the 1/4oz.
gold bullion coin features a mother panda and her son, characters
‘1/4oz Au.999’, ‘In Commemoration of International Horticultural
Exposition 2006 Shenyang China.’ and the face value. The reverse
design of the 1oz. silver bullion coin features a mother panda and
her son, characters ‘1oz Ag.999’, ‘In Commemoration of International
Horticultural Exposition 2006 Shenyang China.’ and the face value.
II. The specifications and mintages:
i. the 1/4oz. round gold coin is bullion in quality, contains 1/4oz.
of pure gold, 22mm in diameter, 100Yuan 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 30,000pc.
III. This set of gold and silver commemorative
coins were minted by Shenyang Mint, and exclusively distributed
by China Gold Coin Incorporation.
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