50 Yuan Year of the Dragon

The 2000 Chinese Gold Panda series underwent a quiet but significant policy shift: the People's Bank of China moved away from fixed annual designs toward rotating commemorative themes tied to the lunar calendar, and this 5-ounce-equivalent half-ounce Dragon issue was among the first to benefit from expanded collector distribution through authorized dealers in North America and Europe. Mintages for the lunar gold issues of this period were tightly controlled, rarely exceeding a few thousand pieces globally.

The KM#1322 attribution places it firmly within the Shenyang Mint's production run for that year.