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China issues two coins marking 90 years since Long March victory
China's central bank issued two commemorative coins on Thursday to mark the 90th anniversary of the Chinese Red Army's Long March victory.
The coins carry the years 1936–2026, the anniversary period shown on their designs.
The set includes one gold coin and one silver coin, both legal tender in China.
The 8-gram gold coin depicts Red Army soldiers crossing snowy mountains and grasslands, while the 30-gram silver coin shows a sculpture of the army reaching northern Shaanxi and Yan'an's Pagoda Hill.
The maximum issue is 10,000 gold coins and 20,000 silver coins.
The designs mark the Long March victory with images and inscriptions tied to the anniversary.
The People’s Bank of China issued two commemorative coins marking 90 years since the victory of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army’s Long March.
The set contains one gold coin and one silver coin, both legal tender in China.
The 8-gram gold coin depicts Red Army troops crossing snowy mountains and grasslands.
The 30-gram silver coin depicts a sculpture of the Red Army’s arrival in northern Shaanxi and Yan’an’s Pagoda Hill.
The coins carry the dates 1936–2026 and have maximum issuance limits of 10,000 gold coins and 20,000 silver coins.
- Who
- The People’s Bank of China issued the coins.
- What
- It issued a set of two commemorative coins, one gold and one silver.
- When
- October 22, 2026.
- Where
- China. A more specific location is not stated.
- Why
- To mark 90 years since the victory of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army’s Long March.
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- Coins in set
- 2: one gold and one silver
- Gold coin weight
- 8 grams
- Gold coin maximum issuance
- 10,000
- Silver coin weight
- 30 grams
- Silver coin maximum issuance
- 20,000