Is it illegal to buy and sell commemorative coins?

Legal analysis: illegal. Commemorative coins are legal tender issued by a country to commemorate major international or domestic political, historical and cultural events, outstanding figures, places of interest, rare animals and plants, sports events and so on. They include ordinary commemorative coins and precious metal commemorative coins. Quality is generally refined and limited. Commemorative coins will have a specified denomination and can be circulated, but most people will not use commemorative coins for payment activities, because the value of commemorative coins will generally be higher than the denomination. The essence of commemorative coins is money, but the country has artificially given it a certain commemorative significance, making it a commemorative coin, so except for commemorative value, other aspects are the same as ordinary money.

Legal basis: Regulations of People's Republic of China (PRC) Municipality on the Administration of Renminbi.

Article 18 The People's Bank of China may issue commemorative coins as required.

Commemorative coins are limited edition RMB with a specific theme, including ordinary commemorative coins and precious metal commemorative coins.

Article 25 Illegal trading of RMB in circulation is prohibited. Article 43 Anyone who violates the provisions of Article 25 and Item 2 of Paragraph 1 of Article 26 of these Regulations shall be given a warning by the administrative department for industry and commerce and other relevant administrative law enforcement organs, the illegal income and illegal property shall be confiscated, and a fine of 1 times and less than 3 times of the illegal income shall be imposed; If there is no illegal income, a fine ranging from 1000 yuan to 50000 yuan shall be imposed.

The administrative department for industry and commerce and other relevant administrative law enforcement organs shall destroy the illegally used RMB patterns.