Beijing 2022 Gold and Silver Coins
In previous articles, this blog already introduced Olympic Gold Medals as well as commemorative Olympic gold coins. Even though the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games are already history, it might interest some readers to know that special gold and silver coins were produced and issued for these Olympic Games as well. These Beijing 2022 gold and silver coins might show up on the secondary market after all and they would definitely be a great addition to any collection of precious metal coins.
China altogether issued nine different precious metal coins for the 24th Winter Olympic Games and these were available as early as December 2000. Out of these nine, three were gold coins, five were silver coins and one was a bimetallic gold and silver coin. All these coins were produced and issued by the China Mint which is officially incorporated as the China Gold Coin Incorporation and which is also responsible for issuing the popular Chinese Gold Pandas and Silver Panda coins every year.
obverse side of the 150 gram gold coin, the biggest gold coin of the 9 commemorative Beijing 2022 gold and silver coins
Two of the three different gold coins are small 5 gram coins (maximum mintage of 40,000 pieces each) but the remaining coin was a large 150 gram coin whose mintage was capped at only 1,000 pieces. A large 150 gram coin (maximum mintage of 20,000 pieces) is also included among the five different silver coins that were minted to commemorate the 2022 Winter Games. The other four silver coins are all 15 gram coins and their maximum mintage is 80,000 pieces per coin type. The single bimetallic coin among the nine different Beijing 2022 gold and silver coins consists of 30 grams of gold and 12 grams of silver. Its mintage was capped at 10,000 pieces.
As far as the design of the coins is concerned, they all depict the Great Wall of China as well as the Beijing 2022 logo on the obverse side. The reverse side shows images that are reflective of traditional Chinese winter pastimes, some of the winter sports that are being practiced during the games, the Olympic mascot and some of the Olympic sports venues in Beijing. You can see images of both sides of the nine different coins on this page online.
