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2000 Yuan Panda
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | A giant panda is depicted in high relief, seated in a naturalistic pose amid stylized rockwork and leafy bamboo or ginkgo foliage that frames the composition on both sides. The panda's fur texture is rendered with exceptional sculptural detail befitting a proof-quality kilogram issue. The fineness and weight designation '1KG Au.9999' appears in the upper left field in Latin characters, while the denomination '2000元' is inscribed in the lower field in Chinese numerals. |
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| Mintage | 1997 - Proof - 58 |
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The 1997 kilogram Panda was issued the same year Hong Kong reverted to Chinese sovereignty, and the People's Bank used its flagship bullion series to project financial credibility at a politically charged moment. China's gold Panda program had been running since 1982, but the kilogram denomination remained a prestige piece produced in strictly limited quantities — far fewer than the standard one-ounce issues that dominated the series commercially.
The .9999 fineness specification, pushed beyond the traditional .999 standard, was a deliberate move to position Chinese gold output against competitors like the Canadian Maple Leaf.