Panda S10Y Mint State Coins (Including Varieties)
1999 LARGE DATE SERIF 1

Owner Comments:

The 1999 panda coins were stuck in both proof and BU quality. The proof coin did NOT include a “P” mark; however, the proof panda design differed slightly from the BU panda design and it was also colorized so it is easy to know which one is the proof version. This was the last year that the panda coin was struck in proof quality and the last year that it was colorized. The BU coin had 3 varieties – small date with “serif” 1 and large dates having a “plain” 1 or a “serif” 1. The large date “plain” 1 was issued from the Shenyang mint, the large date “serif” 1 from the Shenzhen Guobao mint and the small date “serif” 1 from the Shanghai mint.

Mintage of BU coins is unknown. The Proof mintage is 100,000. The large date with the “serif” 1 from the Shenzhen Guobao mint is the rarest of the varieties.