The People's Bank of China is scheduled to issue a set of gold and silver commemorative coins for China's polar scientific expedition on April 17, 2024.
The polar research project is also a new theme of construction achievements, and this set of commemorative coins will also make up for the blank of the theme of marine scientific research and polar governance!
Polar expedition gold and silver coins
The year 2024 marks the 40th anniversary of China's polar expedition, and since the 40th anniversary, the mainland polar cause has grown from scratch and from weak to strong.
At the same time, at the beginning of February this year, the fifth Antarctic scientific research station on the mainland, Qinling Station, was opened, which is also one of the most advanced scientific research stations in the world.
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To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the polar expedition, the central bank plans to issue a set of gold and silver coins for China's polar expedition in 2024.
The obverse of the gold and silver coins has the same design, and the name of the country, the national emblem, and the year of issue are published.
The reverse of the 8-gram gold coin depicts a penguin and the polar research ship "Snow Dragon", supplemented by a combination of the outline of a partial Antarctic map, the locations of China's five Antarctic research stations, and a polar fixed-wing aircraft, as well as the words "40th Anniversary of China's Polar Scientific Expedition" and its denomination.
Fineness weight: 8 grams of 999 pure gold
Dimensions: Diameter 22 mm
Face value: 100 yuan
Circulation: 10,000 pieces
The reverse of the 30-gram silver coin depicts 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, and the combination design of the aurora, and the words "40th Anniversary of China's Polar Scientific Expedition" and the denomination.
Fineness gram weight: 30 grams of 999 pure silver
Dimensions: Diameter 40 mm
Face value: 10 yuan
Circulation: 50,000 pieces
Design Highlights:
As the first set of gold and silver coins to be issued in 2024, the polar research commemorative coin not only reflects the achievements of the mainland in polar scientific expeditions, but also reflects the picture of harmony between man and nature with penguins and polar bears on the coin.
In terms of the design of the coin, the coin uses a similar dazzling technique on the penguin's hair and the latitude and longitude of the background.
Gold and silver coins with such scientific and technological themes, with a little "high-tech" coinage technology on the surface of the coin, give Tibetan friends a very good sense of experience.
The silver coin shows the scene of the mainland scientific expedition team sampling in the Arctic, and it is also one of the few colored silver coins in the theme of science and technology and environmental protection.
For the first time, we tried to use full-color fluorescent ink technology in a large area, and superimposed it with various processes such as light-changing scale and color spray painting to show the polar sky and aurora, so that it can not only see colorful auroras at different angles under normal light, but also present a more wonderful aurora effect in ultraviolet light.