vendredi 17 janvier 2014

More About Beautiful Chinese Gold Coins

By Judy Sullivan


Pandas are certainly the most popular Chinese gold coins you can find. Beautifully designed, made from pure gold, these lovely items are interesting for collecting, or as a gift for someone you care about. Chinese mints produce them since 1982, with new design each year, except in 2002. They have decided to freeze the design then, but collectors all over the world made them change their opinion.

Gold, silver and platinum Chinese coins are available in different sizes and weights. They are highly appreciated in China for centuries, and in the last few decades, also all over the world. Although these lovely items are primarily interesting for collecting purposes, buying precious metals is always a very good investment. Besides, this might be a great gift for someone you love.

The smallest coin has a value of one Yuan, and the most valuable one has a value of ten thousand Yuan. One Yuan coin can be bought for maybe ten dollars, if it isn't rare, and some can worth more than one million dollars. Considering the fact these large ones weight ten kilos, it's not so high price. Rare pieces are especially valuable, and not so easy to find.

Other themes are also quite popular, for example, Zodiac signs. Chinese Zodiac has twelve animal signs, and these coins are especially attractive, thanks to their lovely design. People often buy them as a gift for their loved ones, but there are also many collectors interested in buying them, especially rare and hard to find series. Of course, this type of investment is also highly profitable. If you are interested in buying gold, this might be a very good choice.

Collector grade Pandas have to be in impeccable condition. If used in trade or jewelry, Pandas might get damaged, and aren't very interesting to collectors. Nevertheless, they have their value in gold, and some will be interesting anyway, if they are rare enough. In fact, investing in Pandas became highly profitable in recent years, and you cannot go wrong with this.

The biggest problem with Pandas is the fact there are so many counterfeits on the market. You have to be extremely careful when buying them and the only way to be absolutely sure is to buy from reliable dealers. Experienced collectors know how to recognize counterfeits. They usually have tiny flaws, and sometimes you can see some small differences in letter positions.

The problem with Chinese mints is that there is no mint marks on their products. It means that only experienced experts may recognize the origin mint- In any case, there are several respectable, specialized sites where you can learn something about it. In case you have some doubts about your coin, contact some expert and make sure it is genuine.

Ancient Chinese gold coins are highly valuable and hard to find. Some can reach very high prices, and collectors are very interested for buying them. Chinese mints produce all kinds of these item for thousands of years, and some dealers offer rare pieces as well. Make sure to buy from reliable dealers only, and enjoy collecting.




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