Watch List notes:

China (People's Republic), gold 100 yuan (1 oz) Panda, 1996, small date (Shanghai mint), NGC MS 68. KM-887; PAN-256A. Only three higher at MS 70 in the current NGC census. Note in this year the large and small dates flip-flopped mints from previous years, the small date being Shanghai and the large date being Shenyang, which continued for the following years. Mintage for both mints: 35,000 planned; 22,009 actual; estimated extant population for this variety