INDEXMelt value
$3,880
1 troy oz at $3,879.76 per oz gold spot
Typical asking premium over melt
$3.86 over melt
Median ask of 5 sellers; asking prices, not sales
The Chinese Gold Panda 1 oz (pre-2016) contains 1 troy ounce of fine gold. At $3,879.76 per ounce (spot as of October 31, 2026), its melt value is $3,880. Over the 90 days to October 29, 2026, 5 distinct sellers asked a median of $3.86 over melt for it. These are asking prices, not completed sales.
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Recent asks (5 of 5)
These are asking prices, not completed sales. Each premium is measured against the spot price on the day it was posted. Asks differ from one another by $33.29 (median absolute deviation): a spread, not a range to price within.
| Posted | Ask per item | Over melt | Spot that day | Subreddit | Item | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 22, 2026 | $4,350.00 | $3.86 over melt | $4,346.14 | r/Pmsforsale | 1986 1oz Panda | post |
| August 27, 2026 | $4,500.00 | $103.19 under melt | $4,603.19 | r/Pmsforsale | 1987 1oz Gold Panda | post |
| August 15, 2026 | $4,398.00 | $21.62 over melt | $4,376.38 | r/Pmsforsale | 1986 1 oz Gold Panda | post |
| August 13, 2026 | $4,500.00 | $138.10 over melt | $4,361.90 | r/Pmsforsale | 2009 1 oz Panda | post |
| August 13, 2026 | $4,400.00 | $29.43 under melt | $4,429.43 | r/Pmsforsale | 1987 1 oz Gold Panda | post |
Item names are an automated extraction from each post, not the seller's own words.
Specifications
- Legal tender in
- China
- Face value
- 500 yuan (struck as 100 yuan in 1982-2000)
- Fineness
- .999
- Fine gold content
- 1 troy oz
- First issued
- 1982
- Coindex id
PANDG
History
One root of China's state mints is the Fengtian Machinery Bureau, founded in Shenyang in 1896 to ease a shortage of coin and the forerunner of today's Shenyang Mint. Shortly before the People's Bank of China was founded in late 1948, printing and minting works in the northern liberated areas were merged.
Today the Shanghai, Shenyang and Nanjing mints belong to China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation, a state-owned enterprise funded by the People's Bank of China. They strike circulating coins and precious-metal commemorative coins. The gold Panda, issued by the People's Bank of China in 99.9% pure gold, was developed at State Factory 614, later the Shanghai Mint, in 1982 and went on sale overseas in October 1982.
Further reading
- China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation: Company profilecbpm.cn
- China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation: Mintingcbpm.cn
- China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation: About us, history (archived)web.archive.org
- China Gold Coin: The birth and development of the China Panda gold coin (archived)web.archive.org
Compiled by Coindex from the sources above. It is not a statement by the mint.
Sources: specifications from the Coindex catalog, spot from Coindex's precious-metals feed, and asking prices from r/Pmsforsale and r/CoinSales posts matched to this exact product. Coindex does not sell bullion and is not a dealer.