"Bars are popular in China, a friend there once told me — speaking about silver and gold bars, of course. “Chinese people like bars.” But, because there is little demand outside of the country for “art” bars, few ever make it to foreign shores. To the rest of the numismatic world, they are footnotes to be ignored.
For instance, in 2017 China Gold Coin issued..."

I just spoke to Liao Bo, the artist in this photo, at the Beijing International Coin Expo last weekend.
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Peter Anthony
NGC Consultant
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