China colored gold and silver coins issued by 1997 are brightly colored and beautifully composed, which are deeply loved by Chinese and foreign coin lovers and become the most popular varieties in the coin market. The first colored coin in the world is the commemorative coin of "Marine Animal Protection" issued by Palau, a Pacific island country, in 1992. This coin was planned by a German coin dealer and minted by the Swiss Huguenin Mint Company. The surface of commemorative coins is colorful marine animals swimming in the blue sea, giving people a brand-new visual effect, which caused a sensation in the international coin industry as soon as it came out.
Three private Swiss coin-making companies, Hugner, Vacamb} and Pamp, have mastered the relatively mature manufacturing technology of colored coins, and their technological level and product quality are in the leading position in the world. Although some producers and distributors of traditional craft coins criticized lottery coins and accused them of being over-commercialized, it did not affect the rapid development of lottery coins, a new thing. Some countries have successively issued colored coins, which have been accepted and loved by more and more coin dealers and enthusiasts. Up to now, Palau's "Marine Animal Protection" series of color commemorative coins have been issued in hundreds of varieties and sold well year after year. Liechtenstein Coin Investment Company is a coin company designed and developed to issue commemorative coins and gold and silver coins on behalf of many central banks. Although Liechtenstein is a small country, its economy is highly developed. Liechtenstein Coin Investment Company's products have won the World's Best Coin Award for many times, enjoying a high reputation in the international coin industry, and it is one of the major gold and silver coin developers and distributors in the world. The company started the research and development planning of colored coins very early, and successively issued the following varieties: 1993, Liechtenstein "national emblem" colored commemorative coins; 1994, a 5-ounce colored commemorative silver coin of "Bird of Paradise" in Papua New Guinea; 1995 created a series of "flowers, plants and animals" double-sided colored coins, all of which were cast by the Swiss Valgambi Mint Company. The successful issuance of lottery coins has enabled Liechtenstein Coin Investment Company to accumulate rich experience and innovate constantly.
It is worth mentioning that the company played an important role in the process of introducing lottery coins into China. Liechtenstein Coin Investment Co., Ltd. introduced the Mongolian "rare wild animals" colored gold and silver commemorative coins cast by Vargangbi Mint Company at the Basel International Coin Expo in Switzerland. Among them, there are 4 gold coins with the specification of 1/2 ounces; There are two kinds of silver coins, 25 grams and 5 ounces, each with 4 pieces. The main pictures of commemorative coins are tigers, wild camels, eagles and wild horses. The animal color images in the main picture of commemorative coins are extremely vivid, and the surface treatment of the background is enlightening. The conception, design, processing and casting of this group of coins are of the highest level and are the classics of colored coins. At that time, China Gold Coin Corporation and its subordinate Hongkong China Great Wall Coin Investment Company sent personnel to participate in the Coin Expo, witnessed the hot-selling scene at the venue, and became interested in this group of colored coins. After negotiation with Liechtenstein Coin Investment Company, we signed a contract to buy a batch of colored silver coins, which are distributed by China Gold Coin Shenzhen Distribution Center and sold in the domestic distribution department of Gold Coin Corporation. This is the first colored coin project officially sold in Chinese mainland. 1997 At the beginning of this year, Hongkong China Great Wall Coin Investment Company ordered Andorra's "National Flower World" series of color commemorative silver coins from Liechtenstein Coin Investment Company, and the sales after the introduction were gratifying. Therefore, China Gold Coin Corporation began to study the feasibility of issuing colored commemorative coins, and predicted that there was a great demand for colored commemorative coins issued by China in domestic and foreign markets.
The vast China market has attracted many foreign coin dealers and mint. After the successful landing of Liechtenstein Coin Investment Company's colored coins, Swiss Vargangbi Coin Company sent personnel to discuss the project cooperation intention with China Great Wall Coin Investment Company. The attractive investment samples they carried were Mongolian "Rare Wild Robbery" colored gold and silver commemorative coins. After negotiation, the two parties signed a contract, and Vargangbi Mint Company minted 1 ounce colored silver coins with the year number of 1998 for China, with the quantity of 1 10,000 pieces. In addition, there is a110 ounce color commemorative gold coin, which is made by Swiss Papp company, which is a joint venture with China Gold Coin Shenzhen Distribution Center. This is the largest order for lottery coins in history. In the past, only a few thousand colored silver coins were cast in various countries; Gold coins are only a few hundred. It should be noted that China Gold Coin Corporation has entrusted the Australian Mint to cast platinum panda coins and platinum zodiac coins for China. China's first colored coin, the colored commemorative silver coin of the Lunar Year of the Tiger, made its debut at the Shanghai International Stamp Coin Expo on June 1997. Its successful issuance is a milestone in the history of contemporary coins in China. Nowadays, lottery coins account for an increasing proportion of gold and silver coins in China, and are welcomed by coin lovers at home and abroad, becoming the hottest variety in the coin market. Prices have been rising again and again, and many China color commemorative coins have increased dramatically, and the income from investment collection is considerable.
Following the colorful coins in the Year of the Tiger, the China Zodiac, China Gold Coin Corporation successively commissioned the Swiss Mint Company to issue various series of colorful commemorative coins, including 65,438+million colored silver coins in the Year of the Rabbit, 65,438+million colored silver coins in the traditional mascot and 65,438+million colored silver coins in the Bird of Dai Sheng. Pappu has produced 30,000 colored gold coins for the Year of the Tiger, the Year of the Rabbit, the Year of the Loong and year of the snake, 654.38+million colored silver coins for the Year of the Loong and year of the snake, 20,000 colored gold coins for the traditional mascot of China, 8,000 colored gold coins for four groups of Peking Opera art series and 65,438+0 ounces of silver coins for four groups. Hugner Mint Company also joined the ranks of casting colored coins for China, and its comprehensive strength came from behind. In addition to almost all 5-ounce square colored silver coins, since 200 1, colored gold and silver coins of "Year of the Horse" and "Year of the Sheep" have also been produced.
Judging from the product quality of foreign lottery coins, the technical level of Hugner Mint Company is very high. Except for some defects in the 5-ounce square colored silver coins of the early "Ladies' Map", all other products are excellent. Two groups of Peking Opera "Dragon and Phoenix Becoming Auspicious" set a sky-high price of more than 50,000 yuan. Pappu company has the largest variety and quantity. As a company originally engaged in precious metal refining and watch manufacturing, except for the "Spring Festival Map" and panda colored silver coins, other products are excellent. Beijing Opera 1 Group "Drunken Imperial concubine" colored gold coins have become the leader and price vane of domestic coin market. Valgambi's products first entered China, and it was the first foreign coinage company to process colored coins for China on a large scale. For various reasons, it gradually faded out of the China market, and will leave a proud record in the history of gold and silver coins in China with its classic commemorative silver coins of the Year of the Tiger. Because there are some differences in artistic style and technological level of the products of foreign mint companies, taking the colored zodiac silver coins as an example, the six varieties of tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse and sheep are produced by three different manufacturers, and their techniques and styles are different except for the same denomination, specifications and circulation. In this regard, China Gold Coin Corporation should learn from the experience of Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong and Macao, and try to keep the design style of colorful zodiac coins coherent in the next six years. At the same time, China colored coins are manufactured by many foreign mint companies, and our country has also introduced the manufacturing technology and equipment of colored coins. In 200 1 year, the first set of colored gold and silver commemorative coins of China Folk Fairy Tales was issued in China, which was cast by Shenzhen Bao Guo Mint (now renamed Shenzhen Bao Guo Mint Co., Ltd.). Several domestic coin-making enterprises have the production capacity of colored coins, and there are more and more varieties of domestic colored coins, and the quality has reached a fairly high level. It can be said that the colored gold and silver commemorative coins in China have been completely localized, and the mint industry in China has started a brilliant new page.