Part of China's long-running lunar gold series, this issue commemorates the seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac cycle. The People's Bank of China launched the lunar gold program in 1981 with the Year of the Rooster, and by 1990 the series had established a reliable collector base both domestically and among overseas Chinese communities. Mintages were tightly controlled from the outset, a deliberate policy to sustain secondary market premiums.
.917 fineness — 22-karat — was chosen to align with traditional Chinese gold standards rather than the .999 fineness increasingly favored by bullion programs elsewhere.
Part of China's long-running lunar gold series, this issue commemorates the seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac cycle. The People's Bank of China launched the lunar gold program in 1981 with the Year of the Rooster, and by 1990 the series had established a reliable collector base both domestically and among overseas Chinese communities. Mintages were tightly controlled from the outset, a deliberate policy to sustain secondary market premiums.
.917 fineness — 22-karat — was chosen to align with traditional Chinese gold standards rather than the .999 fineness increasingly favored by bullion programs elsewhere.