Another of the big lunar ranges has debuted and this time it's the Shēngxiào lunar from the Royal Mint. The third in the twelve-coin series, this follows the Lunar Horse from 2014, and the Lunar Sheep from last year. All of the coins are designed by a British Chinese artist working in London with a passion [...]
A premium lunar series in production since the 2011 Year of the Rabbit, the Jade series of 2-oz silver coins is one of the most well-liked of all the annual lunar releases. Issued for the South-east Asian country Laos, a small landlocked country bordered by five far larger neighbours, each coin has for a signature feature a ring of [...]
After a few days off, we're back with Lunar week, and it's with the latest in what is becoming one of the premier lunar series on the market today, the Downies 5oz gilded range. As the name suggests, these are struck for Downies, a popular and well regarded Australian coin dealer. The actual minting is done by world class [...]
As crazy as it seems just three months into the Year of the Goat/Sheep, coins for next years Year of the Monkey starting on 08 February, are already appearing. We've seen, but not yet covered, at least half a dozen lunar releases, but these new coins from Perth-based producer Treasures of Oz are the first of the big guns [...]
