Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
50 Yuan Panda, Bimetallic
| Issuer | People's Bank of China |
|---|---|
| Year | 1990 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Bimetallic: gold (.999) centre in silver (.999) ring |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | 中华人民共和国 1990 |
| Reverse description | The gold centre depicts a giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) seated on a rocky outcrop in a three-quarter pose, rendered in fine relief with characteristic black-and-white markings suggested through contrasting surface textures. A bamboo stalk with leaves occupies the left field. The legend 含纯金1/2盎司 成色.999 arcs along the upper inner border of the gold centre, with the denomination 50元 inscribed in the lower field. The silver outer ring bears the inscription 1/2 OZ Au .999 + 1/5 OZ Ag .999 along the upper arc and the date 1990 along the lower arc, all incuse. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
The 1990 bimetallic Panda was among the earliest Chinese coins to combine gold and silver in a single flan, a technique that presented genuine production challenges for the Shanghai and Shenzhen mints still refining their bimetallic joining methods. China's Panda series had launched in 1982 primarily to attract foreign hard currency during the country's push to expand export revenue — collectibility was the explicit goal from the outset, not circulation.
KM#281 carries a mintage low enough that examples appear infrequently at auction outside of specialist Asian numismatic sales.