The People’s Bank of China is to issue a set of 2016 Auspicious Culture gold and silver commemorative coins in 2016.

The set consists of 8 coins, including 4 gold coins and 4 silver coins, all of which are the legal tender of the People’s Republic of China.

Obverse design The set of gold and silver commemorative coins bear the common obverse of the National Emblem of the People’s Republic of China, the title of PRC and the year date.

The “Gua Die Mian Mian” coins include a 8g gold coin and a 30g silver coin, which will be issued on April 26th.The reverse of the gold and silver coins feature a calabash pattern composed of pumpkins and vines, decorated by butterflies, the idiom “gua die mian mian” in Chinese, literally “plentiful offsprings like vigorous plants”, and the face value.