Changsha Evening News Palm Changsha, December 16 (All-media reporter Fan Honghuan) Today, the reporter learned from the official website of the People's Bank of China that the Chinese 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 the same function as the current circulating RENMINBI and is circulated at the same value as the renminbi of the same denomination.
It should be noted that the denomination of the two-color copper alloy commemorative coin is 10 yuan, and the circulation is 120 million pieces (including 10,000 pieces of historical currency archives), of which the allocation number in Hunan is 2.83 million pieces, which is issued by appointment exchange. Changsha citizens with purchase intentions can apply for the reservation of the 2022 Chinese New Year two-color copper alloy commemorative coin from January 7 to January 9, 2022 through six banks: Bank of China, China Construction Bank, Bank of Communications, Postal Savings Bank of China, Huaxia Bank and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank. The public can make an appointment registration through online channels such as the official website of the host bank or go to the reservation exchange outlet announced by the host bank during business hours.
