On May 13, the People's Bank of China announced the issuance of a set of 2024 auspicious cultural gold and silver commemorative coins, and keywords such as central mother's "urging marriage" and central bank's "sugar" once again appeared on the hot search list.
The first is the first heart-shaped bimetallic coin issued in the auspicious culture series, which combines the two popular attributes of heart-shaped and bimetallic into one, making it a hit. Compared to the regular round coin, the heart-shaped coin is very popular with the youth group, and the bimetallic coin is also very popular with many spring friends, and the combination of the two points on the same coin shows the ingenuity of the designer. The combination of the two presented a brilliant effect, which made the audience applaud.
The second is the timely update of the sub-theme names and auspicious words. Among the four sub-themes of this year's auspicious cultural project, "health and longevity" has been adjusted to "the joy of birthday", so that the theme covers the needs of birthday gifts for all ages, and the applicable scenarios are more extensive. The auspicious words corresponding to "Joy of Birth", "Childbirth", "Beautiful Love" and "Auspicious Happiness" have also been updated to "One Year One Gift", "Endless Life", "Heart-to-Heart" and "Perfect", which on the one hand reflects the breadth and profundity of Chinese culture, and is also more in line with the current aesthetic taste of the public.
The back of the 5-gram round gold "One Year Old One Gift" commemorative coin adopts a sandblasted bottom, the main pattern windmill adopts color spraying and light-changing scale color technology, and the theme text and denomination use the brightening process. The application of the color spraying process superimposed on the light scale color makes the windmill more three-dimensional and vivid, and the laser shading sets off the artistic conception of the windmill rotation, and the overall picture rotates from static to childlike.
The back of the 100-gram round silver "One Year Old One Gift" commemorative coin adopts a mirror bottom, the main pattern adopts multi-level sandblasting, color spray painting, light scale color and imitation enamel color technology, and the theme text and denomination are made of brightening process. The biggest highlight of this coin is the shape of the bow. It uses the process of dropping glue and sequins to create a strong festive atmosphere of the gift box, which brings a sense of surprise. The clouds have a simplified design to make them more decorative. The light line adopts the light scale color process, and the background follows the mirror process, so that the whole coin surface effect is strongly contrasted, the main body is prominent, and the part is full of bright spots.
The back of the 5-gram Ruyi-shaped gold "Endless Life" commemorative coin has a mirrored underside, the main pattern is sandblasted, the scale color is changed by light, the enamel color is imitated and the fluorescent ink process is used, and the theme text and denomination are sandblasted. Through the depiction of ginkgo biloba leaves and fruits, combined with the traditional grinding process, the inner "growth" mode of the plant is depicted, presenting a "living form", expressing the characteristics of life emotion, growth, movement and so on. At the same time, the fluorescent enamel process is used to highlight the crystal texture of the fruit, so as to present the fun of ornamentation and the interest of life.
The back of the 30-gram Ruyi-shaped silver "Endless Life" commemorative coin is made of light-changing scales, color spray painting and full-color fluorescent ink, which reflect the day and night of the sea through multiple process effects. Under normal light, the surface of the coin pursues a "gold thread enamel" effect, expressing the vitality of the ocean in the daytime sun. Under ultraviolet light, starfish and corals on the surface of the coin emit colorful light, expressing the colorful vitality of the ocean under the moonlight at night.
The back of the 5-gram gold and 3-gram silver heart-shaped bimetallic "Heart-to-Heart Print" commemorative coin adopts a mirror underside, and the main pattern adopts white mother-of-pearl sandblasting, light-changing scale color, imitation enamel color and fluorescent ink technology, and the theme text and denomination are made of brightening process. The craftsmanship of this coin has three highlights: first, the use of the silver material of the outer ring, with multi-angle light scale color and corresponding relief, to produce a mother-of-pearl gloss; The second is that the gold center adopts the dynamic light change scale color process to create the effect of loving the heart; Third, the red heart in the center of the coin is made of cold enamel technology, with gemstone facet relief, which is the finishing touch. At the same time, fluorescent ink technology is applied, and under ultraviolet light, the red heart will turn into a pink heart.
The back of the 30-gram heart-shaped silver "Heart-to-Heart" commemorative coin has a sandblasted back, the main pattern adopts multi-level sandblasting, light-changing scales, color spray-painted and imitation enamel technology, and the theme text and denomination are brightened. The heart-shaped silver coin is made by hand using a combination of laser blasting techniques to achieve the best possible result.
The back of the 3-gram round gold "perfect" commemorative coin has a sandblasted bottom, the main pattern adopts multi-level sandblasting, light-changing scale color and color spraying technology, the theme text adopts the brightening process, and the denomination adopts the sandblasting process. The 3-gram gold coins are mostly handmade multi-level sandblasting. The main flower adopts the color spray process to highlight the bright color of the flower, and the red pink and gold color complement each other. The vase and its patterns are flattened, and the lines are outlined with light and scales to enhance the sense of modernity.
The back of the 15-gram round silver "Perfect" commemorative coin has a sandblasted back, the main pattern is painted in color, and the theme text and denomination are brightened. The 15-gram silver coin adopts a basin-shaped process, and on the basis of the relief, the main pattern is painted with high-precision color spraying, which is bright and bright, highlighting the theme and eye-catching.
The third is the combination of a variety of new and special techniques, the new process makes the surface of the coin in the light and shadow change, presenting a beautiful and gorgeous visual effect, sublimating the beauty of the coin to a new realm.
To sum up, auspicious cultural coins and zodiac coins, have a deep mass base, and the daily life of the people is closely related, the project issued year after year, well meet the people's concern for life, the yearning for a happy life and the pursuit of their own value. It fully demonstrates the original intention of China Gold Coin to show the "culture" and "people's nature" of the commemorative coin, and use it as an excellent carrier to further inherit and promote traditional Chinese culture and tell the story of China.
Source: China Gold Coin Network