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It's time for a little horse sense with The Coin Explorer!
Welcome to Gainesville Coins' The Coin Explorer. I'm your host, Steven Cochran.
January 31st marked the beginning of the Year of the Horse in the Chinese Lunar calendar,
and today we're going to take a look at just some of the gold and silver Lunar Horse items
here at Gainesville Coins.
Of course, the big name in the Lunar coin business is the Perth Mint in Australia. This
is the 19th year for Perth's gold and silver Lunar coins, and the offerings seem to expand
nearly every year. The coins shown here are just some of the
ones available at Gainesville Coins.
Way up here is the 1 kilo colorized silver Lunar Horse with gemstone eye. This 2.2 pound
coin has a real white diamond for the horse's eye! This beautiful design is limited to only
5 thousand coins.
The colorized Lunar horse also comes in 1 ounce and half ounce sizes, but without the
diamond eye. Down here is the half oz coin. The 1 kilo coin weighs 32 point 15 troy ounces,
and this half ounce coin gives you an idea of the size difference.
Next to the 1 kilo colorized horse is the silver bullion 1 kilo coin, and in front of
that is the 1 ounce silver Lunar horse. The Perth Mint silver Lunar horse coins feature
two horses near a mountain stream, with the Chinese character for Horse above, and the
motto "Year of the Horse" below.
The silver bullion Lunar horse comes in half ounce, 1 ounce, 2 ounce, 5 ounce, 10 ounce,
1 kilo, and special TEN kilo coin. These are all unlimited mintage, except for the 1 ounce,
which has a limit of 300 thousand coins, and the 22 pound 10 kilo coin, which has a limit
of only 200.
On the other side here, is the one ounce gilded Lunar Horse silver coin. This horse is gilded
in 24 karat gold. It comes in this attractive red and black presentation case and has a
maximum mintage of 50,000 coins.
Next to it is the half ounce gold Lunar horse. The 2014 gold Lunar horse has a different
design than the silver coins. Here we see a horse galloping through the mountains, with
stylized clouds floating in the sky.
Different designs for the gold and silver coins has been a hallmark of the Perth Lunar
series since the every beginning. Like the silver coin, this one also has the Chinese
character for Horse above, and the motto "Year of the Horse" below.
In the center here is the ten-coin colorized silver Lunar Horse square coin set. Each of
these one ounce coins has a color image of a different breed of horse. This collection
is limited to only 5 thousand sets.
The Perth Lunar silver horse also come in a proof finish. Here is a set of all three
sizes, in an attractive presentation case. We have the 2 oz , 1 oz, and half ounce sizes.
These coins are also available separately. Gainesville Coins also has MS70 and MS69 Early
Release silver Lunar horses in stock!
In addition to the Perth products, we have 1 oz Lunar horse rounds in both silver and
copper. These are the latest in the custom design lunar rounds that Gainesville Coins
started back in 2012.
For 2014, we have a galloping horse on obverse, with the Chinese character for Horse, and
the wheel of the Chinese Zodiac on reverse, showing all the animals, with the weight and
purity.
This year, we also have the custom design 10 ounce lunar horse silver bar! I really
really like this bar. On the front is a thundering herd of horses, with a beautiful Chinese window
pattern and the Chinese Zodiac wheel on reverse.
We also have the PAMP Suisse 1oz Lunar Horse silver bar, in assay card. The PAMP Lunar
bar series display the wonderful craftsmanship you expect from PAMP, and are very popular.
Here we see the traditional PAMP front and back view of the animal scene. This year's
design is a horse in a forest, next to a tree. You see the front view here, and when you
turn the bar, you see the same scene turned 180 degrees.
Finally, we have the new British Lunar Horse gold and silver coins from the Royal Mint.
These coins blend Chinese and British themes, as a horse is shown galloping in the hills
near the Uffington Horse, a giant prehistoric horse carving in the chalk hills of Oxfordshire.
The British-born artist Wuon-Gean Ho grew up near the Uffington Horse, so it was natural
for her to include it in the design of Britain's first-ever Lunar New Year coins.
I'd love to show you more of the Lunar Horse offerings here at Gainesville Coins, but I'm
out of time, and the ol' steamer trunk is out of room!
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