One of the most popular silver coins available right now is the Chinese Silver Panda. An annual release silver bullion coin from the Chinese Mint, the primary attraction of the Chinese Silver Panda coinage is the mint’s use of a new design of the Giant Panda each year. Today, 2008 1 oz Chinese Silver Panda Coins are available to you online from JM Bullion.

Coin Highlights:

• Coin arrives inside of protective packaging!
• 24^th release of Chinese Silver Panda coins!
• Contains 1 Troy oz of .999 pure silver.
• The face value of ¥10 (Yuan) is fully backed by China’s government.
• On the obverse is a unique Giant Panda design.
• The reverse includes the Temple of Heaven’s Hall of Prayer for Abundant Harvests.

The Chinese Silver Panda coinage has one of the more complex coining histories you’ll find in a major bullion program. Initially, the Chinese Mint offered the coins only as a proof specimen with .900 silver purity. In the early years, the mint would suspend production of Silver Pandas in favor of striking other coins it deemed of greater value to its operations.

All of the 2008 1 oz Chinese Silver Panda Coins available to you in this product listing come with protective packaging. The on-again, off-again nature of Silver Panda coining means these 2008 coins represent the 24^th issue overall in the series and just the 20^th issue of the coins as a silver bullion product.

By 1989, the Chinese Mint realized the potential for the Chinese Silver Panda coin and began to offer it regularly as a bullion specimen. All previous issues from 1983-1985 and 1987 were proof products. One facet of the Silver Panda that attracts investors and collectors alike is the use of a new Giant Panda image on the obverse each year.

The obverse of these 2008 1 oz Chinese Silver Panda Coins features the image of two pandas. It appears to depict a mother laying in the foreground as a young cub sits behind her chewing on some bamboo leaves. The bamboo plant accounts for nearly 99% of the diet of the Giant Panda species.

On the reverse of all Chinese Silver Panda Coins is a depiction of the primary building within the Temple of Heaven Complex. Located in south-central Beijing, the Temple of Heaven was constructed between 1406 and 1420. The building depicted here on the reverse is the Hall of Prayer for Abundant Harvests and is a Taoist religious complex today.

Please don’t hesitate to reach out to JM Bullion with questions about these coins. You can reach our customer service team at 800-276-6508, chat with us live online, or simply send us an email.