Panda, 15 g gold (2025)
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The 2025 Panda 15 g gold bullion coin is part of the Chinese Panda series, which the People's Bank of China issued on October 30, 2024, per Announcement [2024] No. 12. The quality is bullion (普制): 15 g of 999 fine gold, 27 mm in diameter, with a face value of 200 yuan and a maximum mintage of 200,000 pieces. The coin is legal tender of the PRC.
Obverse. Relaxed pandas; the coin features the face value, weight, and fineness. The designer is not named in the official announcement.
Reverse. The Temple of Heaven in Beijing — a design common to all denominations in the issue; surrounded by the name of the state "中华人民共和国" (People's Republic of China) and the year "2025".
Issue. The entire 2025 set consists of 14 coins: 6 bullion (gold 30 g, 15 g, 8 g, 3 g, and 1 g; silver 30 g) and 8 proof (gold 1 kg, 150 g, 100 g, and 50 g; silver 1 kg and 150 g; platinum 30 g and 3 g). The mints are Shenyang, Shanghai, and Shenzhen Guobao; the general distributor is China Gold Coin Group. Prices are not mentioned in the official announcement.
Sources. People's Bank of China Announcement [2024] No. 12 (published by China Gold Coin Group), Numista catalog entry, official images from China Gold Coin.