Watch List notes:

China (People's Republic), gold 50 yuan (1/2 oz) Panda, 1991, large date (Shanghai mint), NGC MS 69. KM-349; PAN-143A. Much scarcer than the small-date variety, with only five higher at MS 70 in the current NGC census, among less than 8% of the mintage estimated to have escaped meltage and jewelry use. Mintage (for both mints): 32,717 (but estimated extant population for this variety