Friends/Colleagues (collector),
I would like to state that I, for one am a novice collector and I respect all viewpoints.
As for me, looking at the "medal" - especially medals; one key question keep bugging me again and again:
"what guarantees the mintage, the production number?" as these are medals, and can be issued by any production house/manufacturers, what would stop them to provide more in number? one can say that, well - but the year would make it "rare" for the year rpoduced; but this is not "coins" and thus no numismatics nor control in production number is in place from the source.
Thus far, I have followed the thread, and all I see is discussion very close or that of speculative nature; and very close to "pump and dump".
I suspect that if any of us were in China right now; to those frequent touristry places - it would not be hard to see many of these medals. So are they collectible - maybe a yes; investment value - no.
I will buy it, if I like it enough - but as a novelty to mark my trip as a souvernir, because of the design, of the drawing -- certainly not as collectible/investable items.
Regards