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 [...]
More lunar coins added to our Year of the Dog Superguide Rather than flood the news page with the constant flow of new Year of the Dog coins, we took the decision to start our annual lunar Superguide early and add to it as the year progresses rather than just summarise them [...]
Perth Mint releases the proof versions of their legendary Lunar Series of gold and silver coins After the reveal of the new 2018 bullion designs from the Perth Mint a couple of days ago it was only a matter of time before the inevitable avalanche of specials started to appear. First out of [...]
Monnaie de Paris commences its second lunar cycle with a superb new dog coin in high relief Despite being over six months away, lunar year of the dog coins are starting to come thick and fast, culminating next week with the release of the super popular Perth Mint Lunar II coins. Just [...]
2018 Year of the Dog superguide update: first half of August brings coins from Canada and Mongolia Our 2018 Lunar Year of the Dog Superguide is coming along nicely and early August has seen a small flurry of new additions to the mix. As we promised, we'll keep the guide as up-to-date [...]
Year of the Dog update: Tokelau and Treasures of Oz add new trio including an old favourite The Lunar Year of the Dog is over six months away, but as usual the mints aren't hanging around with their precious metal numismatics. We decided to wrap up the Lunar Rooster release year with [...]
The latest 2016 bullion coin is now available and it's the next in the New Zealand Mints relatively new foray into the lunar bullion market. With last years 2015 Year of the Goat being the launch coin in the series, these heavily stylistic designs are quite different to those of the Perth Mint which are more traditional [...]
Year of the Monkey coins are coming thick and fast and as usual, are appearing in the usual wide range of formats. From clean-struck gold and silver, through antique and gilded finishes, and on to being adorned with everything from jade to agate, lunar coins range from tiny silver fractionals up to 10kg behemoths. One of [...]
The Perth Mint's lunar juggernaut powers on with three new additions to the range. First up are coloured proof versions of the 2016 Year of the Monkey designs. Three sizes of gold ( one, one-quarter, one tenth ounce) and two of silver (1oz, ½oz), the coins as usual keep the standard lunar design and incorporate selective colouring, [...]
A coin we've already covered in some depth when it first appeared, the first in Coin Invest Trust's (CIT) new Mongolian Lunar range was the first to incorporate two new techniques to this innovative producers expanding repertoire. The first was Black Proof, simply a way of incorporating a black colouration to a proof finish without the usual paint or [...]
