Gold Empress Elisabeth Sisi Coin

Empress Elisabeth "Sisi" – minted fine gold for the 125th anniversary of her death

• Design: A finely chiselled portrait of the Empress with her famous diamond stars in her hair, flanked by a magnificent Viennese palace – dedicated to the 125th anniversary of Sisi's death.
• Material / fineness: Struck from the purest gold with a fineness of 999/1000 – a precious metal that retains its shine over millennia.
• Manufacturer: Precision minting by the renowned Swiss traditional house Valcambi.
• Issuing country & year of issue: Republic of Chad, minted in 2023.
• Face value: 3,000 CFA francs, official legal tender.
• Fine weight: 1/1,000 oz, approximately 0.031 g of pure fine gold.
• Diameter: a compact 16 mm.
• Mintage: strictly limited worldwide to 50,000 pieces.
• Packaging & condition: Brilliant Uncirculated new goods, securely fixed in a high-quality blister card (coincard).

With this edition, you acquire genuine physical gold, whose value is primarily based on the fine gold it contains and follows the gold price. The historical occasion gives the coin its personal touch – but the actual substance is the precious metal itself. In this way, you combine a piece of European history with a solid, always tradable gold investment in a particularly small denomination.

A design full of history

Empress Elisabeth of Austria, affectionately known throughout the world as "Sisi" or "Sissi", remains one of the most fascinating female figures of European high nobility to this day. The obverse captures her legendary beauty: the artfully braided hairstyle, the iconic hair stars, and her quiet gaze directed into the distance. Behind her rises a magnificent Viennese palace, reminiscent of the Empress's life at the Habsburg court. Around the edge reads the inscription "Kaiserin Elisabeth" as well as the characteristic signature "Sisi".

The reverse bears the coat of arms of the Republic of Chad with a goat and a lion as supporters, along with the inscription "République du Tchad 2023", the fineness indication "999/1000 Fine Gold" and the face value "3000 Francs CFA". The combination of fine relief cutting and Valcambi's brilliant minting quality makes this small format a true gem of the minting art.

Why investment gold in small denominations is convincing

Gold is the oldest currency in the world and has served mankind as a proven store of value for over 6,000 years. It has intrinsic value, has historically never been worth zero, and is recognised worldwide as a means of payment and exchange. Small units in particular, such as these gold coins, open the door to physical gold investment – step by step and without a large capital outlay.

• Value preservation: Physical gold protects against loss of purchasing power and serves as a proven inflation hedge.
• Crisis resilience: As crisis protection, gold proves its worth whenever confidence in fiat money wavers – not without reason are central banks among the largest gold holders in the world.
• Liquidity: Gold is tradable worldwide and can be converted back into cash at any time.
• Wealth building: Small amounts of gold add up over the years to considerable wealth and can be passed on across generations.

There is also a tax advantage: physical investment gold is generally exempt from VAT, and profits from a later sale are usually tax-free if held for at least one year. Anyone wishing to give a genuine investment as a gift – for a birthday, wedding or christening, for example – presents with this Sisi coin not a mere decorative item, but recognised fine gold with real intrinsic value.

Despite the personal occasion, what you acquire here is fully-fledged investment gold: minted fine gold in 999/1000 purity, whose value follows the gold price and which retains its shine for generations.

Secure the Gold Empress Elisabeth "Sisi" coin, limited to 50,000 pieces, from the house of Valcambi – a compact, high-purity piece of fine gold that unites imperial history with the timeless stability of mankind's oldest form of money.