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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 821918, member: 19065&quot;]Had Pandas, Sold Pandas. </p><p><br /></p><p>Never much liked the cartoon-ish Panda designs. They tend to get copper spots over time, probably as a result of too many impurities left over in refining. Chinese mintage numbers for Pandas are an utter mess as well, they are just all over the place. The quality of the Panda seems pretty rough too. I&#039;ve seen plenty of thems that look like the dies were not treated all that well and the coins seemed to not be handled that carefully after minting. There were some years when counterfeits became a big problem and killed a lot of interest in them. I think some collectors like that the design changes almost every year unlike other coins like AGE that never change the design.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t think the older Pandas will take off with much of a numismatic premium for they are just bullion, at least not the way some unc. AGEs go beyond their established premiums over other coins. Now if they stop producing Panda coins then they are bound to take off as demand for them grows. I believe the designs won&#039;t matter as much to a future Chinese market. The Chinese markets voracious appetite and pursuit of anything and everything made of gold will continue to be the crux of their desire... more, more, more.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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