INDEXMelt value
$970
0.25 troy oz at $3,879.76 per oz gold spot
Typical asking premium over melt
$76.25 over melt
Median ask of 12 sellers; asking prices, not sales
The Chinese Gold Panda 1/4 oz (pre-2016) contains 0.25 troy ounces of fine gold. At $3,879.76 per ounce (spot as of October 31, 2026), its melt value is $970. Over the 90 days to October 30, 2026, 12 distinct sellers asked a median of $76.25 over melt for it. These are asking prices, not completed sales.
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Recent asks (12 of 12)
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 $51.95 (median absolute deviation): a spread, not a range to price within.
| Posted | Ask per item | Over melt | Spot that day | Subreddit | Item | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 27, 2026 | $1,075.00 | $61.25 over melt | $4,055.00 | r/Pmsforsale | 2010 1/4 oz Chinese Panda (Mint Seal) | post |
| October 27, 2026 | $1,025.00 | $8.88 over melt | $4,064.50 | r/Pmsforsale | 1987 China Gold Panda 1/4 oz | post |
| October 22, 2026 | $1,100.00 | $91.25 over melt | $4,035.00 | r/Pmsforsale | 1985 1/4 oz Gold Panda | post |
| October 19, 2026 | $1,200.00 | $163.99 over melt | $4,144.03 | r/CoinSales | 1990 1/4oz Gold Panda (semi-key date) | post |
| October 11, 2026 | $1,165.00 | $116.32 over melt | $4,194.73 | r/Pmsforsale | 1986 1/4 oz Gold Panda | post |
| September 11, 2026 | $1,116.00 | $28.35 over melt | $4,350.59 | r/Pmsforsale | 1987 1/4 Panda | post |
| September 9, 2026 | $1,225.00 | $132.24 over melt | $4,371.02 | r/Pmsforsale | 1993 1/4oz Small Date Panda | post |
| September 2, 2026 | $1,450.00 | $353.20 over melt | $4,387.20 | r/CoinSales | 1982 1/4 oz Panda | post |
| August 31, 2026 | $1,250.00 | $137.75 over melt | $4,449.00 | r/Pmsforsale | 2014 Chinese Panda 1/4oz Gold | post |
| August 25, 2026 | $1,175.00 | $8.58 over melt | $4,665.69 | r/Pmsforsale | 1985 1/4oz Gold Panda | post |
| August 21, 2026 | $1,190.00 | $35.51 over melt | $4,617.97 | r/Pmsforsale | 2015 1/4oz Panda (2 listed) | post |
| August 9, 2026 | $1,125.00 | $39.67 over melt | $4,341.30 | r/Pmsforsale | 1987-Y 1/4 oz Chinese 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
- 100 yuan (struck as 25 yuan in 1982-2000)
- Fineness
- .999
- Fine gold content
- 0.25 troy oz
- First issued
- 1982
- Coindex id
PANDG-14oz
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.