Woof Woof. Artisan adds a unique and ominous twist to a lunar coin market in need of it Regular collectors of commemorative coins are well aware of the huge number of issues released annually for the Chinese Lunar Calendar. While there's been a small consolidation over the last couple of years , it remains a busy marketplace with numerous series competing for attention. While there are lots [...]
Perth Mint goes rectangular for its 2019 Dragon gold and silver bullion coins Revered in Chinese culture, the Dragon has also become a hugely popular symbol in numismatics over the last decade. With the Perth Mint seemingly settling on round animal-themed bullion coins of varying mintages in its portfolio, it's great to see something a bit different for aa chnage. Available in 1oz silver and 1oz gold, the [...]
CIT debut a gilded version of its innovative dimensional lunar pig for the Beijing coin show 2019 GILDED JOLLY PIG Probably our favourite lunar pig coin to be released so far, CIT Coin Invest launched the Silver Jolly Pig earlier this year and it was something quite different. A full dimensional coin - basically one that is sculpted in all directions - it was [...]
World exclusive: CIT bring their dimensional smartminting to the lunar market with a Mongolian Pig It isn't just their skull range that has a new addition - CIT Coin Invest have expanded their dimensional coin range with a fine effort in what has become a predictable and slightly stale lunar market. That the lunar market sometimes fails to excite collectors is inevitable in hindsight. The twelve year [...]
It's the Chinese New Year and the guide to all the lunar coins has been updated again Today is Chinese New Years and for the next twelve months or so (the date is a little more flexible than the Western one), it's the year of the Brown Earth Dog. Those born under the Year of the Dog are said to be honest, faithful, loyal, trust-worthy, worrisome and sharp-tongued [...]
Perth Mint debuts its last selection for 2017 with the theme of celebration December is traditionally a quiet month for the big mints and the Perth Mint is no exception. Mostly a fairly generic selection of coins, there are the usual wedding and birthday issues, along with the expected celebrations of the Chinese New Year. All are issued in what has become the Perth Mint's signature format [...]
Year of the Dog update: Tons of new lunars added to our ever expanding guide As we said, rather than flood the news page with a never-ending procession of new Year of the Dog coins, we started our annual lunar Superguide early and continue to add to it as the year progresses rather than just summarise them all at years end. Plenty of new coins including new [...]
Moneda Nueva is back in the lunar market with a high-relief Year of the Dog coin Producer of probably our favourite lunar snake coin, Moneda Nueva didn't follow it up in following years but are now back with a new entrant into what is the most varied theme in modern numismatics. Issued for the Republic of Cameroon instead of Samoa, it retains the high-relief strike and the [...]
New Zealand Mint expands its bullion range with a Disney themed lunar in silver and gold The lunar bullion coin market continues to expand with a new entry from a producer that has increased its presence in this market over the last couple of years - the New Zealand Mint. Standard ranges like the Niue Turtle and the regular lunars have been added to with a range [...]
Disney makes the leap into the lunar coin market with a new silver coin and a foil Finally something a little new in the Lunar coin market with the release of the first big licenced coins in the Disney franchise from the New Zealand Mint. The NZM is actually debuting three new lunars, one of which isn't Disney-related, and of the two that are, one is a [...]
