On May 13, the People's Bank of China issued an announcement that a set of 2024 auspicious cultural gold and silver commemorative coins will be issued on May 20, 2024. There are 8 commemorative coins in this set, including 3 gold commemorative coins, 4 silver commemorative coins, and 1 gold and silver bimetallic commemorative coin, all of which are legal tender of the People's Republic of China.
According to the central bank's announcement, these 8 commemorative coins are all proof coins, and the fineness of pure gold or silver is 99.9%. The obverse pattern is "auspicious" text shape, lined with traditional Chinese auspicious ornaments, and published with the name of the country and the year name. The minimum mintage is 5,000 and the maximum is 50,000.
Among them, the 5-gram round gold "One Year Old One Gift" commemorative coin has a denomination of 80 yuan, with a maximum circulation of 5,000 pieces, and the reverse pattern is a decorative windmill shape, and the words "One Year Old One Gift" and the denomination are published.
The 100-gram round silver "One Year Old One Gift" commemorative coin has a denomination of 30 yuan, with a maximum circulation of 10,000 pieces, and the reverse pattern is a decorative combination pattern such as bows, clouds, stars, lines, etc., and the words "One Year Old One Gift" and the denomination are published.
The 5-gram Ruyi-shaped gold "Shengsheng" commemorative coin has a denomination of 80 yuan, with a maximum circulation of 10,000 pieces, and the reverse pattern is a combination of ginkgo biloba fruit and ginkgo biloba leaves, and the words "Shengsheng" and the denomination are published.
The 30-gram Ruyi-shaped silver "Endless Life" commemorative coin has a denomination of 10 yuan, with a maximum circulation of 20,000 pieces, and the reverse pattern is a decorative combination pattern of dolphins, waves, corals, starfish, etc., and the words "Endless Life" and denominations are published.
5 grams of gold and 3 grams of silver heart-shaped bimetallic "heart to heart" commemorative coin with a denomination of 80 yuan, the maximum circulation of 30,000 pieces, the reverse pattern is a heart-shaped decorative combination pattern, and the words "heart to heart" and denomination.
The 30-gram heart-shaped silver "heart-to-heart print" commemorative coin has a denomination of 10 yuan, with a maximum circulation of 50,000 pieces, and the reverse pattern is a combination of decorative patterns such as swans, hearts, and flowers, and the words "heart-to-heart" and denominations are published.
The 3-gram round gold "Perfect" commemorative coin has a denomination of 50 yuan, a maximum circulation of 10,000 pieces, and the reverse pattern is a decorative vase, and the words "Perfect" and the denomination are published.
The 15-gram round silver "Perfect" commemorative coin has a denomination of 5 yuan, a maximum circulation of 40,000 pieces, and the reverse pattern is a decorative phoenix, and the words "Perfect" and the denomination are published.
The commemorative coins were struck by Shenyang Mint Co., Ltd., Shanghai Mint Co., Ltd. and Shenzhen National Treasure Mint Co., Ltd., and distributed by China Gold Coin Group Co., Ltd.
For details of the sales channels, please refer to the China Gold Coin Network (www.chngc.net/qd) or the WeChat official account of "China Gold Coins" (chinagoldcoin_cgci).
It is understood that the People's Bank of China has issued auspicious cultural gold and silver commemorative coins since 2015, and as of 2023, it has issued 9 consecutive groups, covering 4 sub-themes of "health and longevity", "childbirth", "happy marriage" (adjusted to beautiful love from 2021) and "auspicious happiness" every year. The series continues to try new themes, new specifications, new shapes, new processes and new design concepts to create a variety of products, has become one of the important commemorative coin varieties suitable for collection and gifts, and is favored and sought after by the market.
The 2024 Auspicious Culture Gold and Silver Commemorative Coins will be issued soon, bringing more innovative moves on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the issuance of the Auspicious Culture Project. The first is to change the name of the sub-theme and change the name of "Health and Longevity" to "Birthday Joy" to cover the needs of birthday gifts of all ages, and apply to a wider range of scenarios; Second, the sub-theme of "Beautiful Love" will issue a heart-shaped bimetallic coin for the first time, which means "heart to heart" and bless beautiful love; Third, combined with the release time of the 10th anniversary, the selection of theme words and the use of design technology will be further improved and enriched, so as to send auspicious happiness to thousands of households.
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Cheng Jie
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