Whether you’re a current subscriber or new, you can take advantage of the best offers on magazine subscriptions available in digital, print or both! Whether you want your issue every week or every month, there’s a subscription to meet your needs. Keep in touch on M圜ollect - the social media platform for collectibles The example in the January auction is graded Uncirculated details by Professional Coin Grading Service. The coin has been used since 2002, with the present common side design dating from 2007. All euro coins have a common reverse side and country-specific national sides. Others argue it was struck to mark the coinciding opening of the Peking Union Medical College. The 20 euro cent coin (0.20) has a value of one-fifth of a euro and is composed of an alloy called Nordic Gold in the Spanish flower shape. Some writers suggest it celebrates both President Xu’s 66th birthday and his third anniversary in office (both occurring in October, the ninth month in the Chinese calendar).

The purpose behind the Pavilion dollar is not documented and is uncertain.Įduard Kann, writing in Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Coins (Gold, Silver, Nickel and Aluminum), said that the nondenominated piece was “undoubtedly minted as commemorative medallion but just as certainly admitted for circulation as a 1-dollar piece.” On the reverse, four people in traditional Chinese robes greet one another on the steps of a pavilion, and phrase is inscribed nearby in Chinese figures that transliterate as “ren shou tong deng” and translate to “Virtue and longevity ascend together.” Why was it made?

Euro 20 cent coin