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3 Yuan 25th Anniversary of Panda Coinage
| Issuer | People's Republic of China |
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| Year | 2007 |
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| Value | 3 Yuan (3元, 叁圓) |
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| Obverse description | Central depiction of the Temple of Heaven (Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests) in Beijing, rendered in fine relief against a polished field. The circular legend 中华人民共和国 (People's Republic of China) runs along the upper periphery in Chinese characters. Below the central device, the inscription 中国熊猫金币发行25周年纪念 (Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the Chinese Panda Gold Coin Issue) appears in two arcing lines flanking the date 2007 at the base. |
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| Obverse script | Chinese |
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The Chinese Panda series launched in 1982 as part of a deliberate strategy to compete in the international bullion and collector market — the State Council authorized the program explicitly to generate foreign currency reserves. By 2007, the series had accumulated enough collector momentum that the mint issued this commemorative marking its own quarter-century run, an unusual case of a bullion program celebrating its own commercial longevity.
The 3 Yuan denomination is an oddity: not a standard bullion face value, assigned specifically to this commemorative weight class rather than any monetary function.