The announcement of the issuance of gold and silver commemorative coins for China's polar scientific expedition has also been released, and a set of two 8-gram gold coins will be issued on April 17, with a face value of 100 yuan and a circulation of 10,000 pieces. A 30-gram silver coin, with a face value of 10 yuan and a circulation of 50,000 pieces, has also become the first variety of gold and silver commemorative coins to be issued in 2024.
The reverse of the 8-gram gold coin is designed with the Penguin and the polar research ship "Snow Dragon", supplemented by the outline of a partial Antarctic map, the location of China's five Antarctic research stations, a polar fixed-wing aircraft, etc., and the words "40th Anniversary of China's Polar Scientific Expedition" and the denomination.
The reverse of the 30-gram silver coin is designed with the polar research ship "Snow Dragon 2", the ice core sampling work scene of the Chinese polar expedition, and the polar bear, supplemented by the outline of the local Arctic map, the location of China's two Arctic research sites, the aurora and other combination designs, and the words "40th Anniversary of China's Polar Scientific Expedition" and the denomination.
Regarding the issue price of gold and silver commemorative coins for China's polar scientific expedition, I think the majority of collectors should also understand, in recent times, international gold and silver have risen significantly, so the issue price of this set of gold and silver commemorative coins will be much higher than last year, 8 grams of gold coins issued at 5700, 30 grams of silver coins issued at 600.
As for whether the gold and silver commemorative coins of China's polar scientific investigation are worth participating, there is also a variety that can be used as a reference for the majority of collectors. This variety is the gold and silver commemorative coins issued in 2022 for the completion of the Chinese space station, with a circulation of 20,000 3-gram gold coins and 50,000 30-gram silver coins.
Polar expedition 8 gram gold coin, with a circulation of 10,000 pieces, has a small circulation and a high unit price.
The space station has built 3 grams of gold coins, with a circulation of 20,000 pieces, with a large circulation and a low unit price.
30 grams of silver coins, polar research and space station completion of the issuance of 50,000 pieces, so China's space station built gold and silver commemorative coins this variety still has a relatively high reference value, the current space station built 30 grams of silver coins are also in a broken state, including the space station built gold and silver suit, is also in a broken state.
To tell the truth, I got the grapevine that the Chinese polar expedition gold and silver commemorative coins, 8 grams of gold coins for 10,000 pieces, 30 grams of silver coins for 20,000 pieces, I originally wanted to participate in the polar expedition 30 grams of silver coins, after all, I personally still have some likes for this design, but seeing the circulation of 50,000 pieces has been to directly give up the idea of participating, the circulation of 50,000 pieces is too big for this variety.