Elaine, you found Pandacollector's web site. Here's a recent thread he posted: Fake 2010 Silver Pandas and eBay Indifference You may also like this web site, it's a blog by a CT member interested in Panda coins. ChinesePandaCoin
Could be that you are looking to buy the wrong Chinese Coins. LOL The 1st Chinese Lunar collection ( 1981- 1982 ) has been very good for me. 8gm Gold and 15gm silver. Sorry to interrupt your good thread.
chinese silver panda one ounce: 1989 -- $55.00 1990 -- $65.00 1991 - $145.00 1992 - $149.00 1993 - $135.00 1994 -- $79.00 1995 -- $45.00 1996 -- $50.00 1997 -- $46.50 1998 -- $87.50 1999 - $149.00 2000 - $175.00 2001 -- $47.50 2002 -- $50.00 2003 -- $57.50 2004 -- $45.00 2005 -- $45.00 2006 -- $50.00 2007 -- $46.50 2008 -- $47.50 2009 -- $32.50 2009 -- $39.00 - 30th annv. 2010 -- $30.15 source: coast to coast
most brand name or government official issue bullion silver coins were becoming collector's items. i would said 95%. chinese panda, british britannia, australian lunar series I and australian kookaburra. rarely see prices traded near bullion price.
Effective metals panic marketing during high demand, watch the world economies balance out and so will the collectors.
others world official government bullion silver coin mintage: british britannia 1998--- 88,909 1999--- 69,394 2000--- 81,301 2001--- 44,816 2002--- 48,816 2003--- 73,271 2004- 100,000 2005- 100,000 2006- 100,000 2007- 100,000 2008- 100,000 2009- 100,000 2010- 100,000 australian lunar I 1999--- 63,644 2000-- 118,697 2001--- 71,301 2002--- 99,632 2003-- 102,164 2004-- 105,680 2005--- 92,691 2006--- 98,825 2007--- 87,009 2008--- 59,623 2009--- 52,267 2010--- 56,077 australian lunar II 2008--- 300,000 2009--- 300,000 2010--- 300,000 australian koala 2007--- 137,768 2008---- 84,057 2009--- 336,757 australian kookaburra 1990--- 300,000 1991--- 300,000 1992--- 300,000 1993--- 600,000 1994--- 300,000 1995--- 300,000 1996--- 300,000 1997--- 300,000 1998--- 300,000 1999--- 300,000 2000--- 300,000 2001--- 300,000 2002--- 300,000 2003--- 300,000 2004--- 300,000 2005--- 300,000 2006--- 300,000 2007--- 300,000 2008--- 300,000 2009--- 300,000 2010--- 300,000 mexican libertad 1982- 1,050,000 1983- 1,002,200 1984- 1,014,000 1985- 2,017,000 1986- 1,699,426 1987--- 500,000 1988- 1,500,500 1989- 1,396,500 1990- 1,200,000 1991- 1,650,518 1992- 2,458,000 1993- 1,000,000 1994--- 400,000 1995--- 500,000 1996--- 300,000 1997--- 100,000 1998---- 67,000 1999---- 95,000 2000--- 340,000 2001--- 725,000 2002--- 850,000 2003--- 805,000 2004--- 450,000 2005--- 698,281 2006--- 300,000 2007--- 200,000 2008--- 950,000 2009- 1,650,000 canadian maple leaf 1988- 1,062,000 1989- 3,332,200 1990- 1,708,800 1991--- 644,300 1992--- 343,800 1993- 1,133,900 1994--- 889,946 1995--- 326,244 1996--- 250,445 1997--- 100,970 1998--- 591,359 1999- 1,229,442 2000--- 403,652 2001--- 398,563 2002--- 576,196 2003--- 684,750 2004--- 680,925 2005--- 955,694 2006- 2,464,727 2007- 3,526,052 american eagle silver: 1986----5,393,005 1987---11,442,335 1988----5,004,646 1989----5,203,327 1990----5,840,110 1991----7,191,066 1992----5,540,068 1993----6,763,762 1994----4,227,319 1995----4,672,051 1996----3,603,386 1997----4,295,004 1998----4,847,549 1999----7,408,640 2000----9,239,132 2001----9,001,771 2002---10,539,026 2003----8,495,008 2004----8,882,754 2005----8,891,025 2006---10,676,522 2007----9,028,036 2008---20,583,000 2009---30,459,000 2010---21,888,500
Elaine: Is not this thread about 'chinese gold and silver pandas'? What need have we for the other countries bullion mintage figures? Please explain why you post something, don't just post information that is readily available elsewhere. And do post your source for the data, otherwise we have no way of verifying the accuracy of your figures. You are known to make transcription mistakes in data from past experience.
should i cut the sheet and keep the 30 chinese silver panda individually inside a whitman blue plastic box?. will it affect the price in the future?.
"Back in central Beijing, we visited a Bank of China branch. There were 77 teller windows. In the central foyer was a display case with gold and silver coins for sale, as if they were pens or tote bags. The Chinese buy more gold than anybody else, recently surpassing India." from Before Its News Best wishes, Peter Anthony www.pandacollector.com
Indeed. Chinese coins are getting hard to find and when you do find them, they come with a pretty hefty premium. I regret not buying a couple of gold fan coins earlier in the year for close to spot. They can't be found now at any price. I did score a couple of gold 2010 Pandas and those also have since become tough to get at a reasonable price. I attribute this to the fact the Chinese consumers are buying up all the gold they can find and there is a pretty good market for Chinese coins in the USA that are being bought by the Chinese which are then shipped back to China. Good news if you have been a long term collector of these coins as you can get top dollar for them now. Pre-2000 coins are in very high demand.
Hi fatima, When you say you could buy gold fan coin close to spot, I guess you meant the 1/2oz of gold close to spot price of 1oz? I never seen the fan gold coin selling even near 50% premium ...
I still only pay melt for them and melt them. They're ugly lil coins, made by the sleaziest. Don't pay premiums for them, refuse to do so and drop down the price steadily.
If you don't like Chinese coins almost anyone in these photos (taken at the Hong Kong Coin Expo this August) would happily take them off your hands. http://china-mint.info/forum/index.php?topic=910.msg3007#new http://www.majesticrarities.com/pages/blog/hong-kong-coin-show-august-2010/ Melt them? Sure, lots have been melted already which is partly why the supply of many dates is so thin. There are quite a few dates and denominations that only have 2-3,000 BU coins left. I know one dealer who personally had 10% of a coin's mintage melted a dozen years ago. He isn't very happy about that decision now as the remaining coins have sextupled in price. Every one that is lost makes the remaining coins more valuable. I have to admit, though, that it's a fascinating strategy to pass up the chance to potentially make hundreds, or even thousands, of bucks on a coin and melt it instead. Best wishes, Peter Anthony http://www.pandacollector.com
you are right. pandacollector. since chinese like gold very much. and they bought a lot of chinese gold panda. and hardly know how to preserve them in bu condition. that is why so many bullion chinese gold panda were melted down or sell as bullion gold. the remaining gold panda is quite few for each year. so the price will certainly go up and up. not same with silver panda. most silver panda were bought by collectors from america. and most were being taken care of. gem b.u.
Yes, most of the very scarce dates are in gold but there are some 1 oz. silver Pandas that bring anywhere from $250-$750 each. Many of these are not widely known. Best wishes, Peter Anthony http://www.pandacollector.com