NEW BULLION: 2014 CHINESE PANDA GOLD & SILVER FIRST LOOK

The first images of the 2014 release of the Bank of China’s hugely popular Panda series of bullion coins has hit the web.

It’s a nice design and rumours that it was made for JK Rowlings new book, Harry Panda and the Bamboo Broomstick, remain unconfirmed.

They’re available in the usual range of gold (1/20oz, 1/10oz, 1/4oz, 1/2oz, 1oz, 5oz, 1kg) and silver (1oz, 5oz, 1kg) sizes. The silver 1oz coin has had it’s mintage set at 8,000,000 and the gold 1oz at 1,000,000. Those are quite hefty figures compared to just a couple of years ago, but still way under the US Eagles and Canadian Maples. Hopefully we’ll set the premium on these fall to a more sensible level.

DESCRIPTIONS FROM THE CHINESE MINT ( A ) 1/ 20 oz round gold commemorative coins for the general system of currency , including gold 1 / 20 oz , diameter 14 mm , denomination 20 yuan , 99.9 %, maximum circulation of 800,000 . ( Two ) 1/ 10 oz round gold commemorative coins for the general system of currency , including gold 1 / 10 oz , diameter 18 mm , denomination 50 yuan , 99.9 %, maximum circulation of 800,000 . ( Three ) 1/ 4 oz round gold commemorative coins for the general system of currency , including gold 1 / 4 oz , diameter 22 mm , denomination 100 yuan , 99.9 %, maximum circulation of 600,000 . ( Four ) 1/ 2 oz round gold commemorative coins for the general system of currency , including gold 1 / 2 ounces , diameter 27 mm , denomination 200 yuan , 99.9 %, maximum circulation of 600,000 . ( Five ) 1 oz round gold commemorative coins for the general system of currency , including gold 1 ounce, diameter 32 mm , denomination 500 yuan , 99.9 %, maximum circulation of 1,000,000 .

THESE TWO GOLD ONES ARE PROOF FINISH. ( Six ) 5 oz round gold coin is refined coins, including gold 5 oz , diameter 60 mm , denomination of 2,000 yuan, purity 99.9% , the largest circulation of 5000 . ( Seven ) 1 kg round gold commemorative coins for the refined coins, including gold 1 kg , diameter 90 mm , denomination 10,000 yuan , purity 99.9% , the largest circulation of 500 .