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25 Yuan Panda, Bimetallic
| Issuer | People's Republic of China |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Value | 25 Yuan (25元) |
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| Obverse lettering | 中华人民共和国 含纯金1/4盎司成色.999 含纯银1/8盎司成色.999 1996 |
| Reverse description | The gold centre depicts a giant panda seated amongst bamboo shoots and foliage, rendered in high relief with naturalistic detail characteristic of the Chinese Panda bullion series. The panda is shown in a relaxed posture, facing left. The denomination 25元 is inscribed within the gold centre field to the upper right of the panda. The silver outer ring carries the bilingual fineness inscription 1/4oz Au.999+1/8oz Ag.999 along the upper arc in Latin characters, confirming the bimetallic composition of the coin. |
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The bimetallic Panda issues of the mid-1990s emerged from the Chinese Mint's effort to expand the Panda program beyond its standard single-metal format, experimenting with gold-in-silver construction at a time when bimetallic coinage technology was gaining traction globally following the success of the Italian 500 Lire. The 1996 issue was produced in relatively small quantities compared to the bullion Pandas of the same year, and the dual KM references reflect ongoing cataloguing disagreements between early and revised editions of Krause rather than any genuine variety distinction.