Monday, November 5, 2012

Star (Ranking) List of Modern Chinese Coins

This is the coin ranking list from Huang Ruiyong. I used NGC's translations where the translation was not straightforward.
Source:  http://www.bjjbtz.com/bbs/viewthread.php?tid=18207

Large Gold Coins (5oz and above)
★★★★★★ Traditional Culture Compass kilo gold, Seismograph kilo gold coin
★★★★★☆ Lunar
Commemorative kilo gold coin for the 8 Gram Lunar Series

★★★★★☆ International

10 kilo gold Millennium Commemorative Coin

★★★★★ Lunar

1995 kilo gold Pig —2006 kilo gold Dog

★★★★★ Sports

10 kilo Beijing Olympics gold coin
★★★★★ Politics 5oz gold Sun Yat Sen, kilo gold

Sino-Singapore Friendship, 5oz gold Sino-Singapore Friendship, kilo gold Return of Taiwan
★★★★★ Arts
20oz gold Peacocks, kilo gold Qi Baishi, 5oz gold Xu Beihong, 5oz gold Dragon Boat

★★★★★ Traditional Culture

5oz gold Yandi
★★★★★ Buddhism
18 tael gold Guanyin Buddha, 5oz gold Guanyin Buhhda

★★★★★ Animals

94 and 96 kilo gold Unicorn

★★★★☆ Politics

5oz gold Mao Zedong
★★★★☆ Lunar
12oz gold Monkey, 12oz gold Ox, 12oz gold Rabbit

★★★★☆ Traditional Culture

5oz gold Greeting the Spring (series 2)
★★★★☆ Currency
kilo gold Great Tang Dynasty Vault Protector
★★★★☆ Classical Literature
5oz gold Three Heroes Swear Brotherhood, 5oz gold Battle of Guandu
★★★★ Lunar
12oz gold Chicken—Tiger, 5oz round gold Monkey—Rabbit, 5oz square gold Dragon and square gold Horse
★★★★ Traditional Culture
20oz gold Dragon and Phoenix, 5oz gold Ying Yang Philosophy, 5oz gold Huangdi Mausoleum, 5oz gold Goddess Nuwa, 5oz gold Houyi, 5oz gold Zheng Chenggong
★★★★ Politics
20oz gold 40th Anniversary of the Republic, 5oz gold Return of Hong Kong (series 1), 5oz gold Return of Taiwan
★★★★ Arts
5oz gold Peacocks, 5oz gold Children at Play, 5oz gold Qi Baishi, 5oz gold Dunhuang
★★★★ Buddhism
5oz gold Zhanghua Buddha Statue, 5oz gold Longmen Grotto, 5oz gold Maijishan Grotto

★★★★ Animals

94 - 96 5oz gold Unicorn

★★★★ International

5oz gold Marco Polo
★★★ Lunar
12oz gold Dragon—Sheep, 5oz round gold Snake—Sheep, 5oz rectangle gold Sheep—Tiger
★★★ Politics
5oz gold Return of Hong Kong (series 3), 5oz gold Return of Macau (series 1), 2004 5oz gold Deng Xiaoping

★★★ Traditional Culture

5oz gold Greeting the Spring (series 1)

★★★ Animals

5oz gold Chinese White Dolphin
★★★ Classical Literature
5oz gold Battle of Chibi, 5oz gold Havoc in Heaven


Gold Coins under 2oz
★★★★★ International 1oz piedford gold Year of the Child

★★★★★ Traditional Culture

1oz gold Traditional Culture (series 1)
★★★★☆ Sports
16 gram piedford gold Winter Olympics, 20 gram piedford gold Chinese Olympics Committee
★★★★ Buddhism
93 proof gold Guanyin Buddha set, 94 1/4oz gold Guanyin

★★★★ Lunar

8 gram gold Dog—Mouse, 96 1oz gold Mouse

★★★★ Sports

82 1/4oz gold Soccer
★★★★ Traditional Culture
Unearthed Artifacts (Bronze Age) gold coins (series 1 to 3), Ancient Inventions and Discoveries gold coins (series 1 to 5),  1/2oz gold Ancient Ship, 1oz gold Yin and Yang Philosophy, 1/10oz gold Traditional Culture (series 2), 1/3oz gold Monk Faxian
★★★★ Politics
1/2oz gold 70th Anniversary of Xinhai Revolution gold coin,  93 1oz Sun Yat-Sen gold coin, 95 1oz 50th Anniversary of Anti-Japanese War gold coin

★★★★ Arts

1/4oz gold Children at Play

★★★★ Landscape

1/2oz gold Taiwan Scenery (series 2)

★★★★ Classical Literature

1oz gold Three Kingdoms
★★★☆ Lunar
8g gold Rooster, 1oz gold Sheep—Rabbit, 1993 1/2oz scallop gold Rooster, scallop gold Dragon, 1/10oz color gold Tiger

★★★☆ Animals

94 — 96 1oz and 1/2oz gold Unicorn

★★★☆ International

1/3oz gold Marco Polo and gold Year of Peace
★★★ Lunar
8g gold Ox—Rabbit, 1/2oz scallop gold Pig —Tiger,  gold Horse—Monkey
★★★ Sports
8g Women's Soccer, 1/3oz gold World Ping Pong Championship
★★★ Traditional Culture
1/3oz gold Historical Figures of China, bimetal Dragon and Phoenix
★★★ Traditional Culture
2oz gold Dragon and Phoenix, 1/2oz color gold Druken Concubine (Peking Opera Mei Lanfang)
★★★ Politics
1oz  80th Anniversary of Xinhai Revolution gold coin,  8g gold Song Qingling, 93 1/2oz gold Mao Zedong (without S), 1/2oz gold Return of Taiwan
★★★ Politics
95 1/2oz gold Anti-Japanese War,  96 Victory of the Long March (with a dot in the character 国)
★★★ Arts
1/2oz gold dodecagon Magpie and gold dodecagon Eagle, 1oz gold Peacock, 1/2oz gold Children at Play, 8g gold Xu Beihong

★★★ Buddhism

95 1/4oz gold Guanyin, 1/10oz gold Guanyin

★★★ Animals

8g gold Endangered Wildlife Panda (1994), 8g gold Mountain Sheep, 94 and 95 bimetal Unicorns, 97 1/10oz gold Unicorn, 1/2oz gold Dinosaur

★★★ Landscape

1/2oz gold Guilin Scenery
★★★ International
1/3oz gold World Historical Figures, 1/3oz gold+1/6oz silver bimetal U.N. Women's Conference
★★★ Classical Literature
1/2oz gold Three Heroes Swear Brotherhood and gold Battle of Guandu 
★★ Lunar
8g gold Dragon—Monkey, 1oz gold Dragon—Horse, 94 1/2oz scallop gold Dog, Rabbit and Snake, 1/2oz fan-shaped gold Dragon and Horse

★★ Sports

8g gold Men's Parallel Bars
★★ Traditional Culture
1/3oz gold Silk Road (series 1), 1/2oz gold Nuwa, 1/4oz gold Mazu, 1/2oz gold Houyi, 1/2oz color gold Havoc in the Heaven
★★ Politics
8g 80th Anniversary of Xinhai Revolution gold coin,  1/4oz 100th Anniversary of China Post gold coin
★★ Arts
1/2oz gold Qibaishi, gold Zhang Daqian, 1/10oz gold Dragon Culture

★★ Animals

1/3oz gold Yak, 94—96 1/4oz, 1/10oz, 1/20oz gold proof Unicorn

★★ International

1/2oz gold Year of the Child
★★ Landscape
1993 Famous Mountains gold coin set,  1/2oz gold Taiwan Scenery (series 1), 1/2oz gold Three Gorges

★★ Classical Literature

1/2oz color gold Birth of Monkey King 

★ Sports
10g gold Archery, 8g gold Winter Olympics,

1/2oz gold Woman Sword Dancer, 1/3oz 100th Anniversary of Olympics

★ Sports

1/3oz  15th World Cup gold coin
★ Traditional Culture
Forbidden City gold coin set, 1g gold Dragon and Phoenix, 1/4oz gold Ying and Yang Philosophy, 1/10oz color gold Auspicious Matters, 1/20oz gold Auspicious Matters, 1/10oz Welcome Spring (series 2), 1/2oz Liang Hongyu and Three Kingdoms Scene
★ Politics
1/2oz 30th Anniversary of the PRC,  2001 1/2oz gold Tibet

★ Arts

1/2oz gold dodecagon Penguin
★ Buddhism
1/2oz gold Dunhuang, 1/2oz gold Longmen, 1/2oz gold Buddha's Relics

★ International

1g gold Marco Polo

★ Classical Literature

1/2oz gold Battle of the Red Cliff


Silver Coins
★★★★★☆ Traditional Culture Ancient Inventions and Discovery kilo silver coins (series 1)

★★★★★ Lunar

Completion of the Lunar Cycle kilo silver coin

★★★★★ Politics

Return of Taiwan kilo silver coin

★★★★★ International

Year of the Child piedfort silver coin

★★★★☆ Lunar

12oz silver Snake

★★★★☆ Traditional Culture

12oz silver Zheng Chenggong

★★★★☆ Politics

30g  silver Song Qingling (with signature)

★★★★☆ Arts

Qibaishi kilo silver coin

★★★★☆ Animals

95 20oz silver Unicorn

★★★★☆ International

1/2oz matte silver Year of the Child
★★★★ Lunar
89 5oz silver Snake, 12oz silver Monkey — 12oz silver Rabbit, 1999 kilo silver coin with 12 Lunars on it
★★★★ Sports
80 Winter Olympics piedfort silver coins, Chinese Olympics Committee piedfort silver coins, 1/2oz matte silver Female Volleyball Player, 1/2oz matte silver Men's Soccer Players
★★★★ Traditional Culture
5oz silver Compass, 44g Ancient Invenstions and Discovery piedfort silver coins (series 1), 5oz silver Zheng Chenggong, 5oz silver Dayu, 5oz Warrior and Beauty color silver error coin
★★★★ Politics
1oz silver Xinjiang (Sinkiang), 5oz silver Sino-Singapore Friendship
★★★★ Arts
20oz silver Dragon and Phoenix, 20oz silver Peacock, 12oz and 5oz silver Children at Play, 5oz silver Xu Beiyong, 12oz silver Qibaishi
★★★★ Buddhism
5oz silver Zhanghua Buddha Statue, 98 1/2oz silver Guanyin Buddha
★★★★ International
27g silver Year of Peace, 5oz silver Marco Polo
★★★★ Landscape 15g  silver Taiwan Scenery (series 1)
★★★★ Animals
5oz silver Brown Bear, 94 and 96 20oz silver Unicorns, 95 12oz silver Unicorn
★★★★ Classical Literature 5oz silver Three Heroes Swear Brotherhood, 5oz silver Three Heroes Fight Lu Bu
★★★ Lunar
15g  silver Rooster — silver , 92 5oz silver Monkey— 99 5oz silver Rabbit
★★★ Lunar 12oz silver Dragon, 89 1oz silver Snake, 1oz color silver Tiger, kilo silver Horse

★★★ Sports

95 1oz silver World Ping Pong Championship
★★★ Traditional Culture
15g  silver Unearthed Artificats (Bronze Age) (series 2 and 3), 5oz silver Ying and Yang Philosophy, 5oz silver Chang'e, 22g Silk Road (series 3), 5oz silver Celebrating the Spring (series 2)
★★★ Politics
70th Anniversary of Xinhai Revolution 1oz silver coin, 85 1oz silver Tibet, 80th Anniversary of Xinhai Revolution 5oz silver coin and 1oz coin, 5oz silver Ma Zedong, kilo  silver China-Thai Friendship,  5oz silver Return of Taiwan, 5oz silver Return of Macao (series 1)
★★★ Arts
5oz silver Peacock, 1oz silver Children at Play set, 5oz silver Ancient Dragon Boat, 5oz silver Qibaishi, 2oz silver Dunhuang Caves Discovery 100th Anniversary

★★★ Buddhism

94 and 95 silver Guanyin, 97 and 98 3.3 tael silver Guanyin, 2oz silver Dunhuang

★★★ Currency

kilo silver Great Tang Dynasty Vault Protector

★★★ International

2g silver Marco Polo, 27g World Historical Figures (series 4), kilo silver Millennium

★★★ Landscape

15g silver Taiwan Scenery (series 2)
★★★ Animals
1oz silver Dinosaur, 95 and 96 5oz silver Unicorns

★★★ Classical Literature

1oz silver Three Kingdoms (series 1)
★★ Lunar
87 5oz silver Rabbit, 12oz silver Horse, 12oz silver Sheep, 2/3oz scallop silver Rooster, 5oz rectangular silver Dragon, 5oz rectangular silver Horse, 5oz rectangular silver Dog
★★ Sports
88 5oz silver 24th Olympics, 27g  silver Men's Alpine Ski, 91 1oz silver Women's Soccer, 94 1oz silver Asian Games
★★ Traditional Culture
Historical Figures silver sets, 22g  silver Ancient Inventions and Discovery (series 1)
★★ Politics
86 5oz silver Sun Yat-sen, 12oz silver Zhan Tianyou, kilo  silver Deng Xiaoping
★★ Arts
2/3oz silver dodecagon Flying Birds, 2oz silver Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival, 5oz silver Dunhuang
★★ Buddhism
96 1oz silver piedfort Guanyin, 97 1/2oz silver Guanyin, 2003 Guanyin kilo silver coin

★★ Landscape

2oz silver Three Gorges
★★ Animals
94 5oz silver Unicorn, 94 1oz silver Unicorn (with P), 95 and 96 1oz silver Unicorns
★★ International
1/2oz silver Year of the Child (proof), 22g  silver Marco Polo, 1/2oz silver U. N. Decade of Women

★★ Classical Literature

5oz silver Marriage of Sun and Liu
★ Lunar
15g  silver Rabbit—Monkey, first round of 1oz silver  Lunar (except 89 1oz silver Snake)
★ Sports
80 silver Chinese Olympics Committee, 80 silver Winter Olympics, 82 1/2oz silver Soccer, 84 silver Men's High Jump and Women's Volleyball, 84 1/2oz silver Winter Olympics, 86 1/2oz silver Soccer, 30g  silver Women Diver, 1oz color silver Olympic Victory Bid, kilo color silver Soccer
★ Traditional Culture
90 2oz and 2g  silver Dragon and Phoenix, 15g  silver Unearthed Artifacts (Bronze Age) (series 1), 2oz silver Dragon and Horse,  silver Ancient Inventions and Discovery (series 2-5)
★ Traditional Culture
27g  silver Ancient Ships, 27g silver Culture of the Yellow River (series 1), 1/2oz silver Mazu, 1oz silver Mid-Autumn Festival
★ Politics
84 Chen Jiageng, 86 27g Sun Yat-sen, 30g Song Qingling Standing, 95 1oz silver Anti-Japanese War
★ Arts
93 1oz silver Peacocks, 1oz silver Ming and Qing Fan Paintings, 5oz color silver coin Lady of Guo Spring Outing, 1oz silver Xu Beihong, Qibaishi, Zhang Daqian
★ Arts
1oz silver Goddess of the Luo River, 5oz colored silver Evening Banquet of Han Xizai
★ Buddhism
99 1oz Guanyin Buddha of Mount Emei, kilo and 5oz silver Longmen Grotto

★ Landscape

2oz Guilin Scenery 

★ Animals

94 30g silver Bactrian Camels and Pere David Deer, 97 1oz silver Unicorn (with P)
★ International
22g silver Children's Fund, 15g silver Marco Polo, 1oz silver U.N. Environmental Protection
★ Classical Literature
1oz silver Three Kingdoms (series 2 and 3), 5oz silver Doughnut Peach Banquet


Pandas
★★★★★★Panda 5 kilo gold Panda for 10th Anniversary of Panda Gold Coins
★★★★★Panda
94 5oz and 12oz gold Pandas, 95 12oz gold Panda

★★★★☆Panda

91 12oz gold Panda
★★★★Panda
84 12oz gold Panda, 92 5oz and 12oz gold Pandas, 93 5oz and 12oz gold Pandas
★★★★Panda
95 and 96 5oz gold+2oz silver bimetal Pandas, 97 kilo gold Panda, 99—04 kilo gold Pandas
★★★★Panda
94 —96 12oz silver Pandas, 95 and 96 1oz proof gold Pandas
★★★Panda
82 gold Panda set, 83—85 27g silver Pandas, 92 bimetal Pandas, 92 proof gold Panda set, 96 and 97 bimetal Panda sets, 05 and 06 kilo gold Pandas
★★★Panda
90 12oz gold Panda, 91 1oz piedford gold Panda, 94 and 95 5oz silver Pandas, 97 12oz Panda, 98 UNC gold Panda set
★★★Panda
00 kilo silver Panda, 02  Panda 20th Anniversary kilo silver coin
★★Panda
83 UNC Panda set, 94 and 95 1oz proof silver Pandas, 91 2oz piedfort silver  Panda
★★Panda
90, 91 and 93 bimetal Pandas, 94 proof gold Panda set, 94—95 bimetal Panda sets, 91 5oz silver Panda
★★Panda
92 and 93 12oz silver Pandas,  98 and 99 kilo silver Pandas, 01 kilo silver Panda
★Panda
87, 89—93 1oz proof silver Pandas, 96 1oz proof silver Panda, 91 and 93 proof gold Panda sets, 00 and 01 UNC gold Panda sets, 91 1g  gold Panda, 90 and 91 12oz silver Pandas
★Panda
92 and 93 5oz silver PandaS,95 UNC gold Panda set, 96 gold Panda set to celebrate the 15th anniversay of Panda gold coins


Platinum and Palladium Coins
★★★★★ Traditional Culture Ancient Inventions and Discovery platinumsets (series 1 to 3) 
★★★★☆ Animals
97 1oz platinum Unicorn, 96 1/4oz platinum Unicorn

★★★★ Lunar

1oz platinum Monkey — 1oz platinum Rabbit

★★★★ Animals

96 1oz platinum Unicorn 
★★★★Panda
94 and 95 1/20oz platinum Pandas, 97 1/10oz platinum  Panda, 97 and 93 1/20oz platinum Pandas, 90 1oz platinum Panda

★★★ Lunar

1oz platinum Sheep

★★★ Animals

95 1/2oz platinum Unicorn

★★★Panda

89 palladium Panda and platinum Panda, 93 1/10oz platinum Panda

★★ Lunar

1oz platinum Dragon—Horse

★★Panda

87 and 88 1oz platinum Pandas

★Panda

90 1/2oz, 1/4oz and 1/10oz platinum Pandas

8 comments:

  1. Has Huang post bi-metal coins ranking? Thanks.

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    1. never mind, I see they are mixed in the list, not as a seperate category

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  2. Yes. The bimetal coins are in there. I used "bimetal" without the hyphen. It makes search harder.

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  3. Hi Frank, under the silver coins category, the 3 stars 97 and 98 silver Guanyin refer to 5oz, should be 103.1 grams ?
    Regards,
    yin

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    1. There is some confusion with the weight units used on Chinese coins. Some of the coins, including these Guanyin coins, are listed as 3.3 liang (tael). 5oz is used for the convenience of Western collectors. 3.3 liang is 165 grams, while 5oz is 156 grams. So they do not match exactly. Worse, some NGC slabs have 3.3oz on them. That is an error.

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    2. I have made more search. 1 catty = 500 grams, 1 (new) tael = 1/10 catty, 1 (old) tael = 1/16 catty, so 3.3 (old) tael = 103.1 grams
      source: _http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_units_of_measurement
      Regards,
      yin

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    3. Very confusing, unless you have the certificate (103.1 grams).

      Regards,

      yin

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    4. If the certificate says 103.1 grams, then the old tael was used. I will change the translation to 3.3 tael.

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