Original Notice on Issuing Gold and Silver Commemorative Coins for 24 Solar Terms in 2022

The People's Bank of China is scheduled to issue a set of 24 solar terms gold and silver commemorative coins on August 7, 2022. There are 28 gold and silver commemorative coins in this set, including 4 gold commemorative coins and 24 silver commemorative coins, which are legal tender in People's Republic of China (PRC).

First, the commemorative coin pattern

Front pattern.

The front patterns of this set of gold and silver commemorative coins are all decorative standard shapes, lined with combined patterns such as peach blossom, wheat ear, rice ear and plum blossom, and the country name and year number are published.

There are patterns on the back.

The back of the 3-gram round gold commemorative coin is decorated with swallows, lined with willow branches, houses, trees and mountains, and printed with the word "Spring" and denomination.

The pattern on the back of the 3-gram round gold commemorative coin is frog-shaped, lined with water lilies, starry sky and other combined patterns, and the word "Xia" and denomination are published.

The pattern on the back of the 3-gram round gold commemorative coin is decorated with squirrels and pine cones, lined with combined patterns such as granaries and fruit trees, and the word "autumn" and denomination are published.

The back of the 3-gram round gold commemorative coin is decorated with deer, lined with snowflakes, houses and Woods, and the word "winter" and denomination are published.

The back design of the 8-gram square silver commemorative coin takes tiger, spring cow and fish as the main design elements, showing the phenological phenomenon of "fish catching ice" and the custom of "beating spring cow" in beginning of spring season, and publishing the word "beginning of spring" and its denomination.

The design on the back of the 8-gram square silver commemorative coin takes tiger, fish, leaves and spring rain as the main design elements, showing the phenology of "fish sacrificed by Rex" in rainy season, and publishing the word "rain" and denomination.

The design on the back of the 8-gram square silver commemorative coin takes tiger, mantis and peach blossom as the main design elements, showing the phenological phenomenon of "spring thunder surprises thousands of insects" in mantis season, and publishing the word "mantis" and its denomination.

The back design of the 8-gram square silver commemorative coin takes tigers, eggs, kites and swallows as the main design elements, showing the custom of "flying kites" and "laying eggs vertically" in the spring equinox season, and publishing the words "vernal equinox" and its denomination.

The back design of the 8-gram square silver commemorative coin takes tigers, willow branches and swings as the main design elements, showing the custom of "swinging" in the Qingming period, and publishing the words "Qingming" and denomination.

The design on the back of the 8-gram square silver commemorative coin takes tiger and peony as the main design elements, showing the custom of "appreciating peony" in Grain Rain season, and printing the words "Grain Rain" and denomination.

The back design of the 8-gram square silver commemorative coin takes tigers, scales, eggs and broad beans as the main design elements, showing the custom of "calling people in the long summer" and "hanging eggs in the long summer", and publishing the words and denomination of "long summer".

The back of the 8-gram square silver commemorative coin is designed with tigers, waterwheels and wheat as the main design elements, showing the phenology and farming scene of Xiaoman season, and publishing the words "Xiaoman" and denomination.

The design on the back of the 8-gram square silver commemorative coin takes tigers, wheat and rice seedlings as the main design elements, showing the busy scene of harvesting and sowing in the canopy season, and publishing the words "canopy" and its denomination.

The design on the back of the 8-gram square silver commemorative coin takes tigers, banyan trees and noodles as the main design elements, showing the custom of "eating noodles from summer to the sun", and publishing the words "summer to the sun" and denomination.

The back design of the 8-gram square silver commemorative coin takes tiger, cattail leaf fan, electric fan and dog sticker as the main design elements, showing the custom of "sticking dog stickers" when sleeping in summer, and publishing the words "Xiao Shu" and denomination.

The back pattern of the 8-gram square silver commemorative coin takes tigers, boats, ponds and fireflies as the main design elements, showing the phenological phenomenon of "rotten grass is fireflies" in summer, and publishing the words "summer" and denomination.

The back design of the 8-gram square silver commemorative coin takes tigers, watermelons and seedlings as the main design elements, showing the custom of eating melons and biting autumn in beginning of autumn season, and publishing the words "beginning of autumn" and its denomination.

The design on the back of the 8-gram square silver commemorative coin takes tiger, river lantern and fish as the main design elements, showing the custom of "putting river lanterns" in summer, and publishing the words "midsummer" and denomination.

The design on the back of the 8-gram square silver commemorative coin takes tigers and walnut trees as the main design elements, showing the scene of playing walnuts in the white dew season, and publishing the words "white dew" and denomination.

The design on the back of the 8-gram square silver commemorative coin takes tigers, tractors, fruits and vegetables as the main design elements, showing the harvest scene in the autumn equinox season, and publishing the words "autumn equinox" and denomination.

The back of the 8-gram square silver commemorative coin is designed with tigers, rivers, fish and maple leaves as the main design elements, showing the custom of "autumn fishing" and "enjoying maple leaves" in the cold dew season, and publishing the words "cold dew" and denomination.

The back pattern of the 8-gram square silver commemorative coin takes tigers and persimmon trees as the main design elements, showing the persimmon picking scene in the first frost season, and publishing the words "first frost" and denomination.

The design on the back of the 8-gram square silver commemorative coin takes tigers, hot pots and jars as the main design elements, showing the customs of "brewing winter" and "replenishing winter" in beginning of winter season, and publishing the words "beginning of winter" and its denomination.

The back design of the 8-gram square silver commemorative coin takes tigers, vegetables and bacon as the main design elements, showing the custom of "pickling vegetables" and "making bacon" in the light snow season, and publishing the words "light snow" and denomination.

The back pattern of the 8-gram square silver commemorative coin takes tigers, snowmen and pine trees as the main design elements, showing the scene of "snow is blooming here" and the scene of snowball fights in the snow season, and publishing the words "heavy snow" and denomination.

The design on the back of the 8-gram square silver commemorative coin takes the characters of tiger, jiaozi and blessing as the main design elements, showing the custom of "eating jiaozi" during the winter solstice, and publishing the words and denomination of "winter solstice".

The design on the back of the 8-gram square silver commemorative coin takes tigers, geese and the Great Wall as the main design elements, showing the phenological phenomenon of "the hometown of Yanbei" in the slight cold season, and publishing the words "slight cold" and denomination.

The back pattern of the 8-gram square silver commemorative coin takes tigers, snow gear and snow-capped mountains as the main design elements, showing skiing and frolicking scenes in cold season, and publishing the words "Great Cold" and denomination.

Two. Specification and circulation of commemorative coins

3g round gold commemorative coins are refined coins, containing 3g pure gold, with a diameter of 18mm and a denomination of 50 yuan, with a fineness of 99.9% and a maximum circulation of 4× 30,000 pieces.

8 grams of square silver commemorative coins are refined coins, including 8 grams of pure silver with specifications of 23 mm× 23 mm and denomination of 3 yuan, with a color of 99.9% and a maximum circulation of 24× 60,000 pieces.

Three. OEM units and sales channels

This set of gold and silver commemorative coins was minted by Shenyang Mint Co., Ltd. and Shenzhen Bao Guo Mint Co., Ltd. respectively, and issued by China Gold Coin Group Co., Ltd. See China Gold Coin Network for sales channels.

People's Bank of China

July 27(th), 2022