Announcement of the People’s Bank of China

　　〔2016〕No.16

The People’s Bank of China is to issue a set of panda gold and silver commemorative coins inscribed with words for the 120th anniversary of Shenyang Mint Co., Ltd. on August 10th, 2016. The set of coin consists of a gold coin and a silver coin, both of which are the legal tender of the People’s Republic of China.

 I. Design of the coins

 i. Obverse design

The gold and silver commemorative coin bear the common obverse of  the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests (The Temple of Heaven), the words of “120th anniversary of Shenyang Mint Co., Ltd.” in Chinese, the title of the People’s Republic of China and the year date.

ii. Reverse design

The reverse of the 8g gold coin features a panda climbing the tree, characters of “8g Au .999”, the words of “120th Anniversary of Shenyang Mint Co., Ltd.” in English and the face value.

The reverse of the 30g silver coin features a panda climbing the tree, characters of “30g Ag .999”, the words of “120th Anniversary of Shenyang Mint Co., Ltd.” in English and the face value.

II. Specifications and mintage of the coins

The 8g gold coin is bullion in quality, 22mm in diameter, 100 Yuan in face value, 99.9% in fineness and contains 8 grams of pure gold. The total mintage is 10000 pieces.

The 30g silver coin is bullion in quality, 40mm in diameter, 10 Yuan in face value, 99.9% in fineness and contains 30 grams of pure silver. The total mintage is 30000 pieces.

III. The set of gold and silver commemorative coin is minted by Shenzhen Guobao Mint Co., Ltd. and solely distributed by China Gold Coin Incorporation. For more information about distribution channels please visit www.chngc.net.

　　The People’s Bank of China

　　July 27th 2016