I. Gold and silver commemorative coins
Commemorative coin design.
1. The obverse design of the set of gold and silver commemorative coins on the obverse design of the Chinese People's Republic of China and the national emblem, and the name of the country, the year "2023".
2. Back design. The set of gold and silver commemorative coins on the back of the design for the "Fu" character, lion dance and other combination of design, and published denomination.
The specifications and mintage of the commemorative coins.
The 1-gram round gold commemorative coin is a universal coin, containing 1 gram of pure gold, 10 millimeters in diameter, with a denomination of 10 yuan, 99.9 percent color, and a maximum mintage of 100,000 coins.
The 8-gram round silver commemorative coin is a general-purpose coin, containing 8 grams of pure silver, with a diameter of 25 millimeters, a denomination of 3 yuan, and a fineness of 99.9%, with a maximum mintage of 1,500,000 coins.
Minting unit and sales channels.
The set of gold and silver commemorative coins is minted by Shenzhen National Treasure Minting Company Limited and distributed by China Gold Coin Group Limited.
The sales channels can be found on China Gold Coins website or "China Gold Coins" WeChat public number.
Two, two-color copper alloy commemorative coins
The commemorative coin pattern.
1. Obverse design. The obverse design is "The People's Bank of China", the character "10 yuan", the Hanyu Pinyin letters "SHIYUAN" and the year number "2023". "and the year number "2023", and the background pattern is lined with a group of flowers.
2. Back design.
The main design on the back is the image of a rabbit combining elements of traditional Chinese paper-cutting art and decorative New Year's paintings, with lanterns and laurel branches and flowers in the background, and "癸卯" on the right side of the coin.
Denomination, specifications, material and mintage.
The two-color copper alloy commemorative coin has a denomination of 10 yuan, a diameter of 27 millimeters, and is made of two-color copper alloy, with a mintage of 120 million pieces, and the number of two-color copper alloy commemorative coins to be allocated to each province, autonomous region, and municipality directly under the central government is as follows:
Method of issuance.
The two-color copper alloy commemorative coins are issued by appointment. The specific issuance arrangements are as follows:
1. The banking financial institutions that undertake the reservation and exchange work, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Agricultural Bank of China, Bank of China, China Construction Bank, Bank of Communications, China Postal Savings Bank, Huaxia Bank, Pudong Development Bank, Ping'an Bank, Huishang Bank, Changsha Bank, and Shaanxi Rural Credit Union***, are the same as those that undertake the reservation and exchange work of the 2023 Year of the Snake two-color copper alloy commemorative coins. The reservation and exchange of commemorative coins. The specific arrangements for each region are as follows:
2. Announcement of the number of appointments allocated in each region
Before December 26, 2022, the branches of the People's Bank of China will announce to the public the information about the number of appointments allocated for the 2023 Year of Lunar New Year two-color copper alloy commemorative coins in the local area; and the undertaking banks will announce on their official websites the outlets where the 2023 Year of Lunar New Year two-color copper alloy commemorative coins will be booked for exchange and the information about the number of reservations available at each of the outlets. The organizing bank will announce on its official website the number of outlets for reservation and exchange of 2023 Lunar New Year two-color copper alloy commemorative coins and the number of reservations available at each outlet.
3. Reservation Arrangements
The contractor bank will handle the reservation of 2023 Chinese New Year two-color copper alloy commemorative coins from December 27 to 29, 2022, and the public can reserve coins through the official website of the contractor bank. Members of the public can register for appointments through online channels such as the official website of the appointment-making contractor bank or at the appointment-exchange outlets announced by the contractor bank during business hours.
4. Arrangement of Appointment Verification Period
January 3-4, 2023 is the appointment verification period. During the appointment verification period, members of the public who fail to pass the verification can go to the registered appointment contractor bank outlets with their original second-generation resident identity cards to cancel the duplicate appointment records and retain their eligibility for redemption. The specific processing procedures are described in the Announcement of the People's Bank of China.
If a member of the public applies for revocation of duplicate reservation records and retention of redemption eligibility on behalf of another person, the original second-generation resident identity cards of the person making the reservation and the person for whom the reservation is made must be provided.
5. Redemption Arrangements
Contractor banks will handle the redemption of 2023 Lunar New Year's Two-color Copper Alloy Commemorative Coins from January 5th to 11th. Members of the public can go to the agreed branch of the contractor bank for the reserved exchange service at the agreed time with their original valid second-generation resident identity cards registered in the reservation system. Branches of the People's Bank of China may adjust or extend the local redemption time according to the requirements of the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic and make a separate announcement.
6. Requirements for identity documents
The valid identity document for reservation and exchange of the 2023 Chinese New Year two-color copper alloy commemorative coins must be the original second-generation resident identity card. If the original second-generation resident ID card cannot be issued due to reasons such as loss of the original second-generation resident ID card or minors who have not applied for the second-generation resident ID card, the household registration book or temporary resident ID card can be used.
The public in the reservation contractor bank outlets for on-site reservation or exchange, must hold their own valid second-generation resident identity card original; on behalf of others, must provide the agent and the agent's valid second-generation resident identity card original, and the number of people on behalf of no more than five people.
7. Reservation and exchange limit
The reservation and exchange limit of 20 coins per person is 20 coins per person for the 2023 Chinese New Year two-color copper alloy commemorative coins.
8. Publication of Reservation and Redemption Information
The People's Bank of China (PBOC) and the contractor banks will publicize the progress of online reservation, on-site reservation and reservation and redemption of the 2023 Lunar New Year's Day Two-color Copper Alloy Commemorative Coins in all regions of the country on their official websites on every working day of the reservation and redemption period. The Shanghai headquarters of the People's Bank of China, branches, business administration departments, central sub-branches of provincial capitals and Shenzhen central sub-branches will announce online reservation, on-site reservation and progress of reservation and redemption of the 2023 Lunar New Year two-color copper alloy commemorative coins in cities under their jurisdictions on their official websites on every working day of the 2023 Lunar New Year reservation and redemption period, and will announce the telephone numbers for supervision and report in provinces nationwide during the issuance period of the 2023 Lunar New Year two-color copper alloy commemorative coins. Public inquiries and supervision are welcome.
Public anti-counterfeiting features of the two-color copper alloy commemorative coins.
1. Bimetallic structure and inner core composite material
The outer ring of the coin is brass alloy, and the inner core is nickel tape composite white copper material with unique machine reading properties.
2. Slanted full teeth spaced half teeth
The outer edge of the coin is distributed with alternating slanted full teeth and half teeth.
3. Invisible graphics
Tilt the coin at an appropriate angle, you can observe two groups of three "10" and "RMB" within the outline of the obverse denomination number "10".
4. Microtext
At the bottom of the denomination number "10" on the front side of the coin, the microtext "RMB10YUAN" can be observed.
The two-color copper alloy commemorative coin has the same function as the current circulating RMB and circulates at the same value as the same denomination of RMB.
People's Bank of China
December 19, 2022