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ID'ing 1/2 oz Gold Panda, no date/denomination

I bought this a couple of years ago at melt from a major bullion dealer who had given up trying to ID it except certain
it was 1/2 oz .9999 gold. Found it last week in my bank box and spent hours on Google, Searching my library of books
including Krause Unusual World Coins (which usually has anything weird I cannot find anywhere else), world gold auction
catalogs, Images of anything "Panda Gold" turns up of Bing or Google image search. This is the first time I can remember
being stumped like this. I would guess it was one of the medallic bullion People's Republic of China issues but not being able
to read the language I am at a dead end. Any help appreciated. (diameter 25 mm,weight 0.501 tr oz. )

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Frank Provasek - PCGS Authorized Dealer, Life Member ANA, Member TNA. www.frankcoins.com

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    JCMhoustonJCMhouston Posts: 5,306 ✭✭✭
    I believe you're right, it's one of the gold panda commemorative medals but I don't know which one. Perhaps a reader of Mandarin will drop by and tell us.
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    EVillageProwlerEVillageProwler Posts: 5,856 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The writing is from left to right, unlike coins from TW and pre-PRC. Anyway, my GF says it's about protecting endangered animals.

    How does one get a hater to stop hating?

    I can be reached at evillageprowler@gmail.com

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    trozautrozau Posts: 3,455 ✭✭✭
    I have never seen the China Mint label their gold purity with '.9999' (they use '.999'). Also, the China Mint commemorative medals I have seen are dated. Gotta be from some other mint and NOT an official China Mint issue.
    trozau (troy ounce gold)
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