Obverse: a 2016 Chinese gold coin depicts a Panda sitting among bamboo leaves with its paws hooked to a tree. Bamboo is visible in the background, and the denomination "500 元" (500 yuan) is engraved on the top left of the coin.
Reverse: the Temple of Heaven is depicted in Beijing, with the inscription "中华人民共和国" (People's Republic of China) inscribed on the edge of the coin above it, the year of mintage "2016" at the bottom.
About the coin: this is the most popular Chinese investment collector coin for investors, collectors, and jewelers. The coin is minted from pure .999 gold. The Chinese Golden Panda was first minted in 1983 by the Central Bank of China and introduced as a legal tender. For the first three years of mintage, this coin had a limited circulation of 10,000 pieces. per year. This coin changes its design every year, only in 2002. the design did not change and was used in 2001. This coin is minted in three Chinese mints, namely Shenzhen, Shanghai, and Shenyang. However, in contrast to the mints' practices in other countries, mintmarks are not minted on such coins. Instead, different mints make small design differences between their minted coins, such as font size, bamboo forest size, and minimal design differences for the Temple of Heaven.
