Archive for March, 2009

Chinese modern gold coins price guide 03/20/2009

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

CHINESE GOLD MODERN COMMEMORATIVE COIN VALUE
– Mainland China retail price — 03/20/2009 (1 USD = 6.82 RMB)
Only For Reference
2001 Chinese Ancient Art in Rack Cave series I – Dun Huang gold coin 5oz $19,033.00
2002 Chinese Ancient Art in Rack Cave series II – Long Men gold coin 5oz $19,033.00
2004 Chinese Ancient Art in Rack Cave series III – Mai Ji Mountain gold coin 5oz $14,473.00
2004 The Centenary of the Birth of Den Xiaoping gold coin 5oz $14,327.00
2006 Chinese gold panda coin 5oz $6,003.00
2007 Chinese gold panda coin 5oz $5,637.00
2006 Chinese gold panda coin 1kilo $39,473.00
2007 Chinese gold panda coin 1kilo $39,473.00
2008 Chinese gold panda coin 5oz $5,848.00
2008 The 30th Anniversary of Reform and Open Policy gold coin 5oz $7,749.00
2000 Kuan Yin hologram gold coin 1/10oz $183.00
2002 Kuan Yin hologram gold coin 1/10oz $146.00
2003 Kuan Yin hologram gold coin 1/10oz $176.00
2004 Kuan Yin hologram gold coin 1/10oz $161.00
1998 Guilin Scenery gold 4-coin set (Rectangle, 1/2oz x 4) $5117.00
1999 The 50th Anniversary of the PRC gold coin 1/2oz $805.00
2000 Millennium Year gold coin 1/2oz $643.00
2002 The Historical Relics – San Xin Tui gold coin 1/2oz $673.50
2001 The 50th Anniversary of Liberation in Peace of Tibet Autonomous Region gold coin 1/2oz $658.00
2003 The Chinese Spring Festival gold coin 1/3oz $322.00
2001 Chinese Ancient Art in Rack Cave series I – Dun Huang gold coin 1/2oz $833.00
2002 Chinese Ancient Art in Rack Cave series II – Long Men gold coin 1/2oz $760.00
2004 Chinese Ancient Art in Rack Cave series III – Mai Ji Mountain gold coin 1/2oz $658.00
2003 The World Heritage Series – Wu Lin Yuan gold coin 1/2oz $657.00
2003 Buddha’s Finger gold coin 1/2oz $760.00
1989 The 40th Anniversary of the Founding of the PRC gold coin 1/4oz $366.00
1995 The Goddess of Mazu gold coin 1/4oz $659.00
1995 Dinosaur gold coin 1/2oz $922.00
2005 Zheng He gold coin 1/2oz $673.00
1993 The Centenary of the Birth of Mao Ze Dong gold coin 1/2oz $1,286.00
1998 The Centenary of the Birth of Zhou En Lai gold coin 1/2oz $950.00
1998 The Centenary of the Birth of Liu Shao Qi gold coin 1/2oz $687.00
2004 The Centenary of the Birth of Den Xiaoping gold & silver coin 1/2oz + 1oz $805.00/set
2001 Chinese Ancient Art in Rack Cave series I – Dun Huang gold coin 1/10oz $161.00
2000 Millennium Year gold coin 1/10oz $161.00
2005 The Centenary of the Birth of Chen Yun gold & silver coins 1/2oz + 1oz x2 $673.00/set
1996 The Centenary of China Post Gold coin 1/4oz $498.00
2008 The 50th Anniversary of Ningxia Hui Tribe Autonomous Region gold & silver coins 1/4oz + 1oz $600.00/set
2006 Yue Lu Academy gold & silver coin 1/2oz + 1oz $702.00/set
2006 Qinghai-Tibet railway gold coin 1/4oz $864.00
2006 The 70th Anniversary of the Victory of the Long March by Red Army gold coin 1/2oz $658.00
1986 Peace Year gold coin 1/3oz $1,830.00
1983 Marco Polo gold coin 1/3oz $1,757.00
1991 The 10th Anniversary of the Issuance of Chinese Gold Panda Coins gold coin 1oz $2,342.00
1996 The 15th Anniversary of the Issuance of Chinese panda gold coin commemorative coins 1oz + 1/4oz + 1/10oz $1,534.00
2005 The 100th Anniversary of Movie gold & silver coins 1/3oz + 1oz $380.00/set
2007 The 60th Anniversary of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region gold coin 1/4oz $775.00
2007 Chinese Jian – 10 Aircraft gold coin 1/3oz $571.00
1997 The 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the People’s Liberation Army of China gold coin 1/2oz $585.00
2008 The 50th Anniversary of Guang Xi Zhuang Tribe Autonomous Region gold coin 1/4oz $409.00
2008 The 30th Anniversary of Reform and Open Policy gold coin 1/4oz $357.00
1990 Taiwan Scenery gold coins series I 1/2oz x 4 $2,635.00
1993 Taiwan Scenery gold coins series II 1/2oz x 4 $4,099.00
1993 Ancient Chinese Famous Painting Series gold coin peacock 1oz $2,533.00
1981 China Unearthed Artifacts (Bronze Ware) gold coins series I 1oz + 1/2oz + 1/4oz + 1/4oz $11,403.00

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Chinese modern silver coins price guide 3/20/2009

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

CHINESE SILVER MODERN COMMEMORATIVE COIN VALUE
– Mainland China retail price — 03/20/2009 (1 USD = 6.82 RMB)

Only for reference

2002 Chinese Ancient Art in Rack Cave series II – Long Men silver coin 2oz $105.00
2004 Chinese Ancient Art in Rack Cave series III – Mai Ji Mountain silver coin 2oz $85.00
2001 Chinese Zhong Qiu Festival silver coin 1oz $292.00
2003 The Chinese Spring Festival silver coin 1oz $51.00
2004 The Centenary of the Birth of Den Xiaoping silver coin 1oz $36.50
2005 The Centenary of the Birth of Chen Yun silver coins 1oz x 2 $80.00
1998 The Centenary of the Birth of Zhou En Lai silver coins 1oz x 2 $109.00
1998 The Centenary of the Birth of Liu Shao Qi silver coins 1oz x 2 $80.00
1999 Ancient Chinese Famous Painting Series silver coin set (Rectangle) 1oz x 8 $350.00
1999 Suzhou Garden silver coin set (Rectangle) 1oz x 4 $210.00
1998 Ancient Chinese Famous Painting Series colored silver coin set (Rectangle) 2oz x 6 $848.00
1999 Fan Paintings of Ming and Qing Dynasties silver coin set (Fan shaped) 1oz x 4 $226.00
1997 The Goddess of Mazu silver coin 1oz $28.00
1998 Vault Protector of the Tang Dynasty silver coin 1oz $44.00
2006 Yue Lu Academy silver coin 1oz $41.00
2006 Qinghai-Tibet railway silver coin 1oz $95.00
2006 The 70th Anniversary of the Victory of the Long March by Red Army silver coin 1oz $53.00
1998 Guilin Scenery silver coin set (Rectangle) 2oz x 4 $395.00
2002 Chinese The Duan Wu (The Dragon Boat) Festival silver coin 1oz $73.00
2007 The 60th Anniversary of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region silver coin 1oz $88.00
2007 Chinese Jian – 10 Aircraft silver coin 1oz $58.00
1997 The 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the People’s Liberation Army of China silver coin 1oz $40.00
2008 The 50th Anniversary of Ningxia Hui Tribe Autonomous Region silver coin 1oz $67.00
1998 Panda silver coin 1kilo $2,050.00
1999 Panda silver coin 1kilo $1,610.00
2000 Panda silver coin 1kilo $2,635.00
2001 Panda silver coin 1kilo $1,171.00
2002 Panda silver coin 1kilo $1,171.00
2003 Panda silver coin 1kilo $1,317.00
2004 Panda silver coin 1kilo $951.00
2005 Panda silver coin 1kilo $910.00
2006 Panda silver coin 1kilo $895.00
2007 Panda silver coin 1kilo $895.00
2008 Panda silver coin 1kilo $895.00
2002 Chinese Ancient Art in Rack Cave series II – Long Men silver coin 1kilo $1,288.00
2004 The Centenary of the Birth of Den Xiaoping silver coin 1kilo $975.00
2005 German World Cup (2006) silver coin 1kilo $975.00

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New U.S. Import Restrictions Imposed on Chinese Coins

Monday, March 9th, 2009

Published on the Federal Register and brought to light through the Ancient Coin Collectors Guild (ACCG), new U.S. import restrictions have been imposed on many ancient Chinese coins and other artifacts.

The Federal Register, which is the official source for notices by government agencies, published the State Department’s final rule that amends U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations to impose import restrictions on the following Chinese coins:

Zhou Media of Exchange and Tool-shaped Coins: Early media of exchange include bronze spades, bronze knives, and cowrie shells. During the 6th century BC, flat, simplified, and standardized cast bronze versions of spades appear and these constitute China’s first coins. Other coin shapes appear in bronze including knives and cowrie shells. These early coins may bear inscriptions.

Later, tool-shaped coins began to be replaced by disc-shaped ones which are also cast in bronze and marked with inscriptions. These coins have a central round or square hole.

Qin: In the reign of Qin Shi Huangdi (221-210 BC) the square-holed round coins become the norm. The new Qin coin is inscribed simply with its weight, expressed in two Chinese characters ban liang. These are written in small seal script and are placed symmetrically to the right and left of the central hole.

Han through Sui: Inscriptions become longer, and may indicate that inscribed object is a coin, its value in relation to other coins, or its size. Later, the period of issue, name of the mint, and numerals representing dates may also appear on obverse or reverse. A new script, clerical (lishu), comes into use in the Jin.

Tang: The clerical script becomes the norm until 959, when coins with regular script (kaishu) also begin to be issued.

Under the new rules, anyone entering the U.S. with such coins must have a valid Chinese export certificate or certifications proving the coins left China before the effective date of the new rule (January 16, 2009).

The FR notice indicates the restrictions were imposed “pursuant to an agreement between the United States and China.”

The ACCG said in a statement that questions remain and that it will seek more information on the restrictions as part of its ongoing Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the State Department.

“Based on materials received to date, there remains a serious question whether China actually asked for coins to be included in the request, or whether bureaucrats within the State Department’s “Cultural Heritage Center” added them on their own or at the behest of American archaeologists,” the ACCG noted.

The ACCG is a non-profit organization committed to promoting the free and independent collecting of coins from antiquity.

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About Chinese Panda Coins

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

Since the first Panda coin was issued in China in 1982, the panda bear design on the reverse side has changed every year thereafter (except the year 2002), while the obverse depicts an outdoor scenery of The Hall of Prayer inside Beijing’s Temple of Heaven. The reverse design is selected from a variety activity poses of the giant panda, such as bamboo-eating, tree-climbing, self-amusement, and group play. These images of the giant panda’s loving charm and silliness are depicted with vivid clarity on the coin. Today the Panda coin has crossed the quarter-century mark as the last 28 years have seen many coins from gold, silver to platinum and palladium. There is no doubt that the Panda coin has become the most outstanding of all precious metal coin series in modern day China.

The giant panda is not only the national treasure of China, but it is also the shared treasure of all people around the world. The giant panda’s multitudinous postures and charming appearance has won the hearts of the public. Because it is considered endangered, the Chinese government hs already given the giant panda status as the top environmentally protected wildlife animal. It was also chosen to be the symbol of the World Wildlife Fund. The People’s Bank of China commissioned the China Mint company to produce and issue worldwide a series of commemorative coins using the giant panda bear as its theme. Through a complex foundry design process, the beauty of the giant panda is vividly shown through every detail on the coins. In addition, the distinct design and superior craftwork has resulted in China’s panda bear coin series to become a popular collector’s item among coin enthusiasts.

Learn more about Chinese Panda Coins at Panda Bear Coins.

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