What is a commemorative coin?
What is a medal?
What is a commemorative banknote?
What is the difference between them?
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All kinds of commemorative coins, medals, and commemorative banknotes are issued, are they worth buying? Is there any value? Today I will explain to you the difference between several, as well as the basic knowledge of appreciating commemorative coins, medals, and commemorative banknotes.
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What are commemorative coins, banknotes, and medallions
Commemorative coins and commemorative banknotes are usually legal tender issued to commemorate major political and historical events on the mainland, traditional culture and other things of special significance, and are issued by the National Bank of China.
▲2015 Panda Silver Coin
▲2018 Edition Chinese New Year Commemorative Coin (Fuzi Coin)
▲2012 Macao Zodiac Commemorative Banknote
Ordinary commemorative coins are equal to the value of the renminbi of the same denomination circulating in the market and can be circulated in the market at the same time. The role of commemorative coins is mainly to meet the collection requirements of the public, so specific themes and limited issuance are the main characteristics of commemorative coins.
The medal is publicly issued by the relevant departments, and there are two categories: ordinary materials and precious metal materials. Ordinary materials use copper, brass alloys, zinc alloys, aluminum alloys, iron, aluminum, PVC, ceramics, etc., precious metal materials are made of gold, silver, platinum, palladium and other precious metals or their alloys cast.
▲The picture above is the birthday medal of Lao She
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What to pay attention to when buying commemorative coins, banknotes, and stamps
Commemorative coins have denominations, while medallions do not
Whether there is a denomination, on the one hand, it indicates whether it is the country's legal tender, on the other hand, it shows that the authority of the commemorative coin is much higher than that of the commemorative medal, because the legal tender with a denomination can only be issued by the Chinese Bank.
Special medallions are valuable
The commemorative medals sold by the national mint agency, because of their specifications and materials in strict accordance with national standards, the theme is important, authorized by the state and authoritative institutions, well-minted, and are also recognized by consumers and the market.
The level of security of commemorative banknotes
The anti-counterfeiting logo of the commemorative banknote is the same as that of ordinary banknotes, with denominations, national emblems, numbers, Chinese bank letters and anti-counterfeiting watermarks.
Commemorative coins are contraindicated in preservation
First, avoid moisture; second, avoid hand molds; third, avoid acid and alkali; fourth, avoid bumping; fifth, avoid fire; sixth, avoid clutter. All kinds of coins and books should be stored in an orderly manner, and should not be disorganized. Newly purchased or exchanged commemorative coins should be cleared and registered in time, properly kept, and lost.
Issued in those years
Commemorative coins, banknotes, stamps
▲The first set of medals
The first set of gold medals in New China, "Beijing Scenery", was launched in the 614 factory. In January 1979, the People's Bank of China entrusted Hong Kong Baosheng Bank to be the general distributor of Hong Kong, and issued the "Beijing Scenery" commemorative medal for the first time in Hong Kong, and the first 1500 sets were sold out within a few hours.
▲The first set of commemorative coins
Beginning in 1979, the State Council agreed to the People's Bank of China to design and produce gold and silver commemorative coins, the first set of which was the "30th Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China" gold coins, a total of 4 gold coins, 27 mm in diameter, 1/2 ounce. The circulation is only 70,000 sets, which are produced and cast by 614 (Shanghai) Factory and 615 (Shenyang) Factory.
▲The first set of commemorative banknotes
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the first commemorative banknote of the mainland was born. This commemorative banknote can be said to be the fifth set of RMB test banknotes, and the successful application of a number of anti-counterfeiting has filled the gap in the mainland's banknote printing technology, which marks the public anti-counterfeiting level of the RMB into the world's advanced ranks!
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