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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Daggarjon, post: 586449, member: 4230&quot;]I love the stunning beauty of the Silver Panda coins. These simple, elegant and purely gracefull designs have been issued since 1983. The Panda coins have almost always had a yearly design unique to that year. The only exception was the 2001 and 2002 issues. Both years carried the same design. I remember the China mint issuing a news report that they were no longer going to change the design every year. I do not know why they changed their mind in 2003, but i am glad they did. </p><p><br /></p><p>Throughout the years the Panda has eben issued, there have been Uncirculated and Proof issues in both Silver and Gold. To tell the proof and unc coins apart howver, is quite complicated. So much so, that i have not been able to tell a sure fire way of telling them apart. Some Unciculated issues have mirrored fields, while other proof issues have a frosted field. Still further complicating the differences are the mints used to mint each coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>China does not use mint marks like the USA does. In fact, in certain years there are minor variations in the coin design that allow the originating mint to be determined, such as minting year size, or temple. An example is in 1996 where different mints produced coins with minor a variation that can be distinguished from the font size of the year on the obverse sides of the coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>While i have not been able to find a source that will list all the varieties of these &#039;variations&#039; and how to tell an Unc coin from a proof for each year, but it doesnt really matter when looking at the con - it is still a beautiful coin!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>To see my collection of the Pandas i have collected thus far... I have <a href="http://www.daggarjon.com/Coinage_China.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.daggarjon.com/Coinage_China.php" rel="nofollow"> 12 Silver Panda&#039;s </a> and 2 other commemorative silver issues... at least i think the other 2 are commemorative issues lol</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for looking, and please - Enjoy the Panda&#039;s <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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