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The 8 gram Gold Panda coin is the successor to the quarter-troy-ounce Panda and contains 8 grams of gold with a purity of 999/1000, equivalent to 24 carat.
Since 1982, the Gold Panda has featured a new design every year, which also makes the series attractive to collectors. The Panda is also the only internationally recognised bullion coin from Asia.
At 8 grams, the purchase price per coin remains relatively low, making this size suitable for building a gold investment step by step. The premium per gram is admittedly higher than for the 30 gram Gold Panda. Smaller coins cost more per gram to mint and distribute. Nevertheless, the smaller size offers important advantages. It gives you greater flexibility when selling the coins in the future, allowing you to sell smaller amounts rather than having to sell an entire 30 gram coin at once.
The 8 gram Gold Pandas from various years are sourced from the secondary market and come from years of issue from 2016 onwards. You cannot choose the year and therefore pay less than for newly minted coins produced in the current year. The gold content, however, is identical to that of newly minted Pandas, and when reselling the coin, the year of the 8 gram Panda makes no difference.
You decide how you receive the coins: delivered on a day of your choice, collected by appointment, or placed in insured storage. You can change this choice later: coins held in storage can subsequently be withdrawn or sold to us, while coins in your own possession can later be placed into storage.
The panda motif on the reverse changes with each year of issue, a tradition that began in 1982 with a design by Cheng Zian. Alongside the panda are the weight “8g”, the purity “Au .999” and the face value. The black-and-white fur pattern is engraved in shades of grey using sandblasting techniques, creating intricate detail across the 22 mm coin.
The obverse of the 8 gram Gold Panda coin depicts the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, an imperial sacrificial altar dating from 1420, with the inscription “People’s Republic of China” and the year of issue.
Would you like to sell your gold coins? Holland Gold offers a buyback guarantee on the 8 gram Gold Panda coin. We also buy coins that you purchased elsewhere; under ‘sell to us’ you can see the price we pay. You do not have to sell everything at once: with smaller coins, you can sell coin by coin in smaller increments.
| Fine weight | 8 Gram |
| Dimensions | Ø 22 mm x 1.52 mm |
| Purity / Content | 999/1000 - 24 Carats |
| Year of issue | Various dates |
| Condition | Previously circulated |
| Country of Origin | China |
| Mint House | China Gold Coin Corp. |
| Packaging | Soft plastic coin capsule |
| Safety features | No |
| Legal tender | Yes |
| Face value | 100 Chinese yuan |
| Tax (VAT) | Exempt from VAT |
| Insured shipment possible | Yes, at a location of your choice |
| Pick-up available | Yes, in Alkmaar or Rotterdam |
| Storage possible | Yes, in the Netherlands |
The Gold Panda is issued by China Gold Coin Incorporation, a direct subsidiary of the People’s Bank of China (China’s central bank). All Chinese gold and silver bullion, collector and commemorative coins are issued under its authority, while minting is carried out by various mints, historically including the Shanghai Mint and the Shenyang Mint. The Silver Panda is issued by the same organisation and follows the same annual design as its gold counterpart. Virtually every modern Chinese precious-metal coin has been brought to market through this issuer.
This connection with the central bank means that the Panda is legal tender in China and therefore carries a face value in yuan. Gold plays a significant role in China. It is not only culturally important, but China also produces more than 370 tonnes of gold annually. Domestic demand, however, exceeds even this substantial level of production.
The Gold Panda was introduced in 1982, conceived by Zhu Chunde, at a time when China had begun issuing gold coins again after a thirty-year hiatus. No gold coins were issued between 1948 and 1978; the reforms under Deng Xiaoping changed this, beginning with commemorative coins in 1979. The Panda became the first bullion coin in the world to feature a design that changed annually, and when the issuer sought to discontinue this practice in 2001, collectors protested and the tradition was maintained.
The weights changed in 2016. Whereas the series had consisted of 1, ½, ¼ and 1/10 troy ounce up to and including 2015, it has since been issued in 1, 3, 8, 15 and 30 grams, as well as several larger sizes. The 8 gram Panda therefore replaced the quarter-troy-ounce version weighing 7.78 grams. You can find the full range under buy gold coins and buy Gold Panda coins.
