Owner Comments:
Retail Value (Raw): $40
Mintage: 255,000
Comments: The first year of the standard, modern, one ounce, .999 pure silver panda. Silver pandas were minted in 83, 84, 85 & 87 but they had different purities and weights. The 1989 is unusual because I'm not aware of any date varieties for this year although it does have a frosted and bright variety. The particular coin shown here is a frosty variety which is very prooflike.
Watch out for rub marks on the forehead of the pandas for this year in particular. The forehead is the highest point of the 1989 design and it tends to rub against the plastic capsule the coins are packed in.