2003 Official Issued Chinese Coins
| Title | Face Value (Yuan) | Weight | Fineness | Quality | Mintage |
| Chinese gold panda coin | 500 | 1oz | 99.9% | BU | 120000 |
| Chinese gold panda coin | 200 | 1/2oz | 99.9% | BU | 75000 |
| Chinese gold panda coin | 100 | 1/4oz | 99.9% | BU | 70000 |
| Chinese gold panda coin | 50 | 1/10oz | 99.9% | BU | 250000 |
| Chinese gold panda coin | 20 | 1/20oz | 99.9% | BU | 400000 |
| Chinese silver panda coin | 300 | 1kg | 99.9% | Proof | 4000 |
| Chinese silver panda coin | 50 | 1oz | 99.9% | Proof | 10000 |
| Chinese silver panda coin | 10 | 1oz | 99.9% | BU | 600000 |
| Chinese platinum panda coin | 50 | 1/20oz | 99.95% | Proof | 50000 |
| Chinese Year of the Goat gold coin | 50 | 1/10oz | 99.9% | BU | 48000 |
| Chinese Year of the Goat gold coin (Flower shape) | 200 | 1/2oz | 99.9% | Proof | 2300 |
| Chinese Year of the Goat gold coin (Fan shape) [images] | 200 | 1/2oz | 99.9% | BU | 6600 |
| Chinese Year of the Goat gold coin (Flower shape) | 10000 | 1kg | 99.9% | Proof | 15 |
| Chinese Year of the Goat gold coin (Rectangle) | 2000 | 5oz | 99.9% | Proof | 118 |
| Chinese Year of the Goat gold coin (Colorized) | 50 | 1/10oz | 99.9% | Proof | 30000 |
| Chinese Year of the Goat silver coin [images] | 300 | 1kg | 99.9% | Proof | 3800 |
| Chinese Year of the Goat silver coin (Rectangle) | 50 | 5oz | 99.9% | Proof | 1888 |
| Chinese Year of the Goat silver coin | 10 | 1oz | 99.9% | BU | 50000 |
| Chinese Year of the Goat silver coin (Flower shape) | 10 | 1oz | 99.9% | Proof | 6800 |
| Chinese Year of the Goat silver coin (Fan shape) | 10 | 1oz | 99.9% | BU | 66000 |
| Chinese Year of the Goat silver coin (Colorized) | 10 | 1oz | 99.9% | Proof | 100000 |
| Chinese Legendary Stories Series gold coin (3rd issue) (Colorized) [images] | 200 | 1/2oz | 99.9% | Proof | 8800 |
| Chinese Legendary Stories Series silver coin set (3rd issue) (Colorized) | 10 x 2 | 1oz x 2 | 99.9% | Proof | 30000 x 2 |
| Chinese Legendary Stories Series silver coin (3rd issue) (Colorized) (Rectangle) | 50 | 5oz | 99.9% | Proof | 10000 |
| Famous Works of Ancient Chinese Literature - *The Dream of Red Mansions (or The Dream of the Red) gold coin (3rd issue) (Colorized) [images] | 200 | 1/2oz | 99.9% | Proof | 8800 |
| Famous Works of Ancient Chinese Literature - *The Dream of Red Mansions (or The Dream of the Red) silver coin set (3rd issue) (Colorized) (Octagon) | 10 x 4 | 1oz x 4 | 99.9% | Proof | 38000 x 4 |
| Famous Works of Ancient Chinese Literature - *The Dream of Red Mansions (or The Dream of the Red) silver coin (3rd issue) (Colorized) (Fan shape) | 50 | 5oz | 99.9% | Proof | 11800 |
| Famous Works of Ancient Chinese Literature - *Journey to the West gold coin (1st issue) (Colorized) | 2000 | 5oz | 99.9% | Proof | 500 |
| Famous Works of Ancient Chinese Literature - *Journey to the West gold coin (1st issue) (Colorized) [images] | 200 | 1/2oz | 99.9% | Proof | 11800 |
| Famous Works of Ancient Chinese Literature - *Journey to the West silver coin set (1st issue) (Colorized) | 10 x 2 | 1oz x 2 | 99.9% | Proof | 38000 x 2 |
| Famous Works of Ancient Chinese Literature - *Journey to the West silver coin (1st issue) (Colorized) (Rectangle) | 50 | 5oz | 99.9% | Proof | 10000 |
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| Chinese *The Spring Festival gold coin [images] | 150 | 1/3oz | 99.9% | Proof | 50000 |
| Chinese *The Spring Festival silver coin | 10 | 1oz | 99.9% | Proof | 100000 |
| Kuan Yin gold coin (Hologram) | 50 | 1/10oz | 99.9% | Proof | 33000 |
| Kuan Yin silver coin | 300 | 1kg | 99.9% | Proof | 3800 |
| Kuan Yin platinum coin [images] | 100 | 1/10oz | 99.95% | Proof | 33000 |
| 2003 Beijing Int'l Coin Exposition silver coin | 10 | 1oz | 99.9% | Proof | 50000 |
| Environment Protection - Tree Planting Festival silver coin set | 10 x 2 | 1oz x 2 | 99.9% | Proof | 30000 x 2 |
| Buddha's Finger gold coin [images] | 200 | 1/2oz | 99.9% | Proof | 12000 |
| The World Heritage Series - Wu Lin Yuan gold coin | 200 | 1/2oz | 99.9% | Proof | 8000 |
| The World Heritage Series - Wu Lin Yuan silver coins | 10 x 2 | 1oz x 2 | 99.9% | Proof | 30000 x 2 |
| The Victory of First Space Shuttle with Person gold coin (Colorized) [images] | 150 | 1/3oz | 99.9% | Proof | 30000 |
| The Victory of First Space Shuttle with Person silver coin (Colorized) [images] | 10 | 1oz | 99.9% | Proof | 60000 |
| *The Dream of Red Mansions
-- Reads 'Hong Lou Meng' in Chinese. Sometimes translated as The Dream of the Red Chamber, the great classical Chinese novel written in the mid-eighteenth century during the reign of Emperor Chien-lung of the Ching Dynasty, has been widely popular throughout the last two hundred years and more. The four great houses of Chia, Shih, Wang and Hsueh described in this novel were typical basic political units of feudal society. Such families were linked with the court above and the local officials below to form a network of control with the feudal autocratic state power as its centre. The book depicts the inevitable doom of these families, riven as they are by fierce struggles among themselves and in society, focusing on the tragic love between Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu and also provides a panorama of the lives of people of various levels in the degenerating empire. It is the only one novel so brilliantly integrated with these that readers are fascinated and moved by it. With superb artistry the author presents a panoramic genre-painting, a whole gallery of highly individual yet typical characters. Through detailed descriptions of their daily life he succeeds in depicting their different idiosyncrasies, thoughts and feelings. In the use of dialogue too he shows outstanding skill, putting such distinctive speech into each character's mouth that the reader feels as if he can see and hear the speaker. The Ching Dynasty (1644-1911) was the last feudal dynasty in China. The Chien-lung era (1736-95) was the turning point towards the decline of the Ching Dynasty. Crisis-riven feudalism was already on its last legs. The whole fabric of Chinese feudal society was tottering on the verge of final collapse. This was the period in which Tsao Hsueh-chin the author of A Dream of Red Mansions lived. Tsao Hsueh-chin died in the twenty-eighth year of
Chien-lung (1763).
Information provides by Classics and Literature: Hong Lou Meng, A Dream of Red Mansions *Journey to the West -- see year 2004 *The Spring Festival -- Chinese New Year! Reads 'Chun Jie' in Chinese. The New Year of the Chinese lunar calendar is a movable feast, usually falls somewhere between January 21 and February 19, depending on what date the new moon appears. Our traditional New Year celebrations begin with the new moon, which marks the first day of the first lunar month, and ends on the 15th day with the brilliant lights of the Lantern Festival. One should just bear in mind that the New Year is really a multi-layered festival with many local variations, but each distinct aspect celebrates the common idea of a new beginning. |
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