One-ounce panda coins minted in 1999 and earlier had a face value of 100 yuan (~US$14) and 500 yuan (~US$70) since 2000. However, with gold trading at US$95.43 per gram on Feb. 20, 2025, the 30 ...

No mention of its existence was made in a 1917 article on Chinese coins, which suggests it could have been minted later. In any case, this coin has sold for more than $500,000.