^Lot 557 China (People's Republic), gold 50 yuan (1/2 oz) Panda, 1990, small date (Shenyang mint), NGC MS 69.

China (People's Republic), gold 50 yuan (1/2 oz) Panda, 1990, small date (Shenyang mint), NGC MS 69. KM-271; PAN-119B. Anthony: "scarcer than most of the years that preceded it," the small-date variety being "the scarcer of the two 1990 gold Panda varieties," with just one higher at MS 70 in the current NGC census. Estimated extant population <1,200. Pedigreed to the Gansu Collection of Chinese Panda Coinage.
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