The reporter learned from the Chinese Bank on the 15th that the People's Bank of China is scheduled to issue a set of 2022 Lunar New Year commemorative coins from December 21, 2021. The set of commemorative coins has a total of 3 coins, including 1 gold commemorative coin, 1 silver commemorative coin, and 1 two-color copper alloy commemorative coin, all of which are legal tender of the People's Republic of China.
The obverse of this set of gold and silver commemorative coins is the national emblem of the People's Republic of China, and the name of the country and the year number "2022" are published. The back of the 1-gram round gold commemorative coin is shaped by the word "Fu", with a combination of panes, plum blossoms, residential eaves and other shapes, and the denomination is published. The 1 gram round gold commemorative coin contains 1 gram of pure gold, with a denomination of 10 yuan and a maximum circulation of 100,000 pieces.
The back of the 8-gram round silver commemorative coin is shaped by the character "Fu", with a combination of panes, paper-cut flowers, magpies, plum blossoms, and residential eaves, and the words "壬寅" and denominations are published. The 8-gram round silver commemorative coin contains 8 grams of sterling silver, with a denomination of 3 yuan and a maximum circulation of 2,000,000 pieces.
The obverse of the two-color copper alloy commemorative coin is "Chinese Bank" and "10 Yuan", the Hanyu Pinyin letters "SHIYUAN" and the year number "2022", and the shading is lined with tuanhua pattern. The main scene pattern on the back is a tiger image that combines traditional Chinese paper-cutting art with decorative New Year painting elements, and the lining pattern is flower lanterns and pine branches and pine cones, and the words "壬寅" are published on the left side of the coin. The two-color copper alloy commemorative coin has a denomination of 10 yuan, the material is a two-color copper alloy, and the circulation is 120 million pieces. The two-color copper alloy commemorative coin has the same function as the current circulating RENMINBI and is circulated at the same value as the renminbi of the same denomination.
This set of gold and silver commemorative coins is distributed by China Gold Coin Group Co., Ltd. Two-color copper alloy commemorative coins are issued by appointment, and the reservation and exchange limit per person is 20 pieces. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and many other banks jointly undertake the appointment exchange work, and will handle the reservation business from January 7 to January 9, 2022.
Reporter: Wu Yu
Source: Xinhua Viewpoint