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Fully-fledged investment gold: fine gold 999/1,000 from the Swiss mint Valcambi Suisse- Affordable entry into physical gold investment – build up value preservation step by step
- Proven inflation and crisis protection, tradable worldwide and resalable at any time
- Pure investment gold: Minted fine gold 999/1,000 from Valcambi Suisse – the value is based on the precious metal content and moves with the gold price
- Entry in small steps: Small gold units make physical wealth building affordable and add up over the years to a considerable gold holding
- Globally tradable tangible asset: Gold is proven inflation and crisis protection, resalable at any time – delivered securely in a capsule and presentation box
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1/1.000 ounce fine gold
Luck has its signs.
1/1.000 ounce fine gold, design side
On New Year cards around 1900, the wish was already in the picture: four-leaf clovers, ladybirds, horseshoes. These are the signs our pieces carry in gold and silver. This coin does not just carry its sign, it takes its shape.
The lucky ladybird
Seven spots, a lucky number.
In German folk speech the ladybird is called Glückskäfer, the lucky beetle, as the German dictionary Duden records. The Etymological Dictionary of German calls ladybirds the best known and best loved beetles, regarded as a symbol of luck.
The classic lucky charm is the seven-spot ladybird, red with seven black spots. Seven has always been considered a lucky number, writes NABU, the German nature conservation union.
By the way, the spots do not reveal a ladybird’s age. Their number stays the same throughout its life of at most one year.
A seven-spot ladybird eats 100 to 150 aphids a day, its larva 400 to 600 before it pupates.
“As a lucky charm, the seven-spot ladybird … enjoys great popularity.”
This coin itself has the shape of a ladybird.
The four-leaf clover
Four leaves, where three usually grow.
Clover normally has three leaflets, four only in very rare cases. The Botanic Gardens of the University of Bonn call the four-leaf clover a rare exception.
The disposition lies in the genes, as a plant breeder at the University of Georgia found. Whether the fourth leaf actually grows also depends on light and temperature.
The German dictionary Duden calls it Glücksklee: clover with an exceptionally four-part leaf, regarded as a lucky charm. The dictionary of the Brothers Grimm also lists the four-leaf clover as a Glücksblatt, a leaf of luck.
The lucky clover sold in pots, by the way, is a wood sorrel from southern Mexico that naturally has four leaves. It came to Europe in the 19th century.
“A four-leaf clover is a rarity. Lucky is the person who happens to find one.”
The design
The sign as a shape.
The coin has the shape of a ladybird.
Luck to give
A wish you keep.
At the turn of the year people give lucky charms. The New Year lucky charms we know today came about in the 19th century.
Many people do not want to throw their lucky charms away or pass them on, for fear the luck might go with them.
Whether lucky charms really bring luck may be left open, writes the Volkskundemuseum Wien. And it names what they are meant to say:
“Whoever gives a lucky charm wants to say: I care about you.”
A gift for a birth or the new year, for instance: the coin comes in a case.
To scale
From dainty to a full ounce.
The formats of this world to the scale of their diameters. The one on this page is marked.
Whatever is available links to its product.
1/1.000 ounce16 mm
1/200 ounce14 mm
1 g13.92 mm
1 ounce38.61 mm
At a glance
- Type
- Coin
- Metal
- Gold
- Design
- Ladybird
- Weight
- 1/1.000 ounce fine gold
- Fineness
- 999/1,000
- Face value
- 3000 FRANCS CFA
- Country of issue
- Chad
- Diameter
- 16 mm
- Year
- 2024
- Mintage
- 50,000 pieces
- Quality
- Brilliant uncirculated
- Packaging
- Case
“In everything small lies the starting point for something great.”
Gold Ladybird Shaped Coin – minted fine gold in beetle shape
Small in size, substantial in value: The Gold Ladybird Shaped Coin from the 2024 minting year combines an extraordinary shaped minting with the lasting value of pure gold. Issued by the Republic of Chad and minted by the traditional Swiss house Valcambi Suisse, this miniature coin is above all one thing: physical investment gold, whose value is based on the gold price. The ladybird gives the coin its personal touch – the fine gold it contains is the real reason to buy it.
- Design: A sculpturally modeled ladybird, whose outline shapes the entire coin. The shaped-coin technique follows the exact contours of the wing cases, legs and antennae – right down to the characteristic spots on the golden shell.
- Material & fineness: Crafted from fine gold with a fineness of 999/1,000. This pure precious metal retains its warm shine permanently and does not tarnish.
- Manufacturer: Valcambi Suisse from Switzerland – one of the world's most renowned mints, known for the highest processing quality.
Technical data at a glance
- Fine weight: 0.031 g gold (1/1000 oz)
- Fineness: 999/1,000
- Diameter: 16.00 mm
- Face value: 3,000 CFA francs – legal tender of the Republic of Chad
- Year of issue: 2024
- Mintage: 50,000 pieces
- Condition: Brilliant Uncirculated, brand new
- Delivery: in a protective coin capsule and a high-quality presentation box
Design and finish in detail
The obverse shows the national coat of arms of the Republic of Chad, framed by the inscriptions „REPUBLIQUE DU TCHAD" for the issuing country, „3000 FRANCS CFA" for the face value, and „999/1000 FINE GOLD" as proof of fineness. The reverse unveils the actual highlight: the golden ladybird in a flat top-down view, with finely detailed legs, antennae and the dark contrasting spots on the wing cases. The coin is delivered in a transparent, square capsule, precisely fitted into a velvet-lined presentation box with a hinge and the gold-colored inscription „FOR YOU" on the inside. This keeps the fine gold fully protected.
Investment gold in miniature format
Despite its playful beetle shape, what you are acquiring here is full-fledged investment gold: minted fine gold whose value is primarily based on the precious metal it contains and moves in line with the gold price. Small units in particular offer an uncomplicated entry into physical gold investment – step by step, even small amounts of gold can be combined over the years into a considerable fortune. As part of our gold coins, the ladybird minting represents a tangible, globally tradable asset.
Gold is humanity's oldest currency – a store of value that has endured for over 6,000 years and has outlasted every paper currency.
Physical gold possesses an inherent, intrinsic value and is recognized worldwide as a means of payment and exchange. It is a scarce commodity with limited supply, which is why it has proven itself as a stable store of value over long periods of time. As a proven inflation hedge, gold preserves your purchasing power when fiat money loses value – it is no coincidence that central banks are among the world's largest holders of gold. As crisis protection against political and economic uncertainties, too, the yellow precious metal has proven its worth over centuries.
Benefits at a glance
- Value preservation: pure fine gold as a lasting tangible asset with permanent shine
- Wealth building in small steps: an affordable entry into physical gold investment
- High liquidity: tradable and resellable worldwide, convertible into cash at any time
- Tax advantage: profits from the sale of physical gold are generally tax-free after a holding period of at least one year
- Swiss quality: minted by Valcambi, limited to 50,000 pieces
Whether as a solid building block for your own wealth accumulation or as a gift of genuine investment gold for a personal occasion – such as a birth, christening or birthday: with the Gold Ladybird Shaped Coin, you are not giving a mere decorative item, but a real asset made of pure fine gold. Gold has been shining for thousands of years – and it will not lose its shine in the future either.
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