2007 China Panda 10 Yuan

Year: 2007

Country: China

Denomination: 10 Yuan

Weight: 31.22 g

Comments: Obverse features the Temple of Heaven. Reverse features a different design every year featuring pandas. China started minting these silver bullion coins in 1983, the early pandas are relatively low mintage and fairly hard to come by these days. I started picking these up yearly in 2005. Probably the only "year set" that I plan to keep up with.

China 1986 Empress of China

Year: 1986

Country: China

Denomination: 5 Yuan

Weight: 26.6 g

Km # 152

Comments: On February 22, 1784 the first United States' ship to trade with China, "Empress of China," sailed from New York. This historic voyage is commemorated on this coin.

China 1914 Fat Man Dollar

Year: 1914

Country: China

Denomination: $1 (Yuan)

Weight: 26.4 g

Certification: NGC MS 62

KM Y329

Comments: Obverse features Yuan Shih-kai.  Sometimes referred to as the fat man dollar.  Really like the smooth surfaces on this coin.

China 1934 Junk Dollar

Year: 1934

Country: China

Denomination: $1 (Yuan)

Weight: 27 g

Mintage: 128,740,000

Certification: PCGS MS 64

KM Y 345

Comments: Obverse features the bust of Sun Yat-sen.  Reverse features a Junk Boat.  The Junk boat on the reverse is one of may favorite designs on a Chinese coin. Someday I have to get a "birds over" variety.

I purchased this coin in 2006 for about $90 which I thought I was overpaying a bit.  I was surprised to recently find PCGS MS64 Junk dollars selling doe close to $1000 on ebay.  This seems a bit crazy to me as there were almost 130 million of these coins minted.  I sure the price has a lot to do with the abundance of Chinese counterfeits and lots of new collectors in China.

China 1927 Memento Dollar

Year: 1927

Country: China

Denomination: $1 (Yuan)

Weight: 27 g

Certification: NGC MS 62

KM Y318

Comments: Onverse features Sun Yat-sen.  Really like the smooth surfaces in this coin. Coin seems to be a memento of the birth of the Republic of China