Mint XXI add their own trio of silver Lunar coins for the 2027 Year of the Goat We've been covering Lunar coins a little less over the last few years, but we're always interested when a new series debuts, and that's the case with this new range of half-ounce silver coins from Mint XXI. Issued for Cameroon, [...]
The bullion behemoth that is the Perth Mint's Lunar Series III returns with the 2027 Goat, the eighth of twelve The eighth release in their third passage through the twelve animals that make up the Chinese lunar calendar, the Perth Mint has issued their much anticipated 2027 Year of the Goat bullion range. When it launched [...]
Precious Metal Collectors returns to its figure-8 Lunars with a beautiful Dragon & Horse two-ounce silver coin It was with a Phoenix back in 2021 that Singapore-based producer, Precious Metal Collectors, first debuted its 'Figure of 8' coin style. The number eight has a significant association with good fortune in some East Asian nations, so its [...]
Just a Quicklooks heads-up that the final pair of Scottsdale Mint 'Lucky Dragon' bars are now available to order, and will only be so until 20th April. The two designs this time are Hánshuāng (Winter Frost), and Yèqióng (Night Sky), and the final mintage will be determined by how many are ordered over the seven days they're available. [...]
In mid-December, T & S Coin, launched their first coin featuring the lunar cycle. It was a two-ounce silver coin, with antique finishing, colour, and high-relief. Over the last year, this producer has dabbled with some gold versions of select silver coins from their portfolio, usually with tiny mintages, and in at least two sizes. The gold [...]
T&S Coin issues their first ever coin for the lunar calendar, and for 2026, it's the Year of the Red Fire Horse. We used to try to cover all of the many lunar coins that were released, but with twelve designs in every series, it soon became both a chore, and less interesting for the [...]
The big lunars continue to appear, and with the Perth Mint, Royal Mint, and Numistrade launching their new Year of the Horse coins this week, it seems fitting that the Royal Australian Mint would join them. The horse is the sixth in the mints Lunar Investment Series, one of the prettiest ranges in this genre. The horse [...]
The lunar flood continues with the Royal Mint debut of its latest Shēngxiào issue for the Year of the Horse Next up on the major lunar coin front is The Royal Mint, with today's launch of their latest Shēngxiào coin, obviously for the Year of the Horse. We've already had the Perth Mint, and Numistrade [...]
Numistrade add HMS Victory to their Nautical Ounce and the horse to the Lunar Ounce bullion and proof coin ranges We're continuing this week's catch-up of bullion coins, and lunars with another combo of the two, this time from German producer, Numistrade. They've recently debuted the tenth in their Lunar Ounce series, and we've also got [...]
The Perth Mint debuts one of the bullion calendar highlights, the seventh Lunar Series III design, the Year of the Horse. One of the absolute legends of the modern numismatic world, the Perth Mint's Lunar Series has been going since 1996, when Lunar Series I, specifically the Year of the Mouse, debuted. It wasn't until 2000, [...]
