China 2025 10 yuan KM-2908
The first specimen was lot 4030 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $132. The catalog description[1] noted, "CHINA (PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC): AR 10 yuan, 2025, Dragon Silver Bullion Series, Great Wall of China on reverse, one troy ounce pure silver, Brilliant Unc." The second specimen was lot 4023 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $80. The catalog description[2] noted, "CHINA (PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC): AR 10 yuan, 2025, Dragon Silver Bullion Series, Great Wall of China on reverse, one troy ounce pure silver, BU." This type was struck at the Shenzhen mint in 2025-26. The quantity produced suggests that the regime wants this design to supersede the silver panda (KM 2885, m. 10,000,000), which weighs 30 g. Special versions were struck for the 9th National Special Olympic Games (N# 491781) and the 15th National Games of the People’s Republic (N# 491780).
Recorded mintage: 2,000,000.
Specification: 31.10 g, 0.999 fine silver, 38 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-2908.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
- [2]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 55, featuring Selections from the Swamperbob Gurney Collection of Cap & Ray 8 Reales, the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins and the 1914 Collection of World Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2026.
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