2 oz Silver Chinese Dragon 2026 (Mintage: 250 | Proof)

2 oz Silver Chinese Dragon 2026 – a formidable design, a tiny mintage

• Strictly limited: only 250 pieces worldwide – a truly very low mintage
• Growth potential: high value appreciation potential thanks to the sharp limitation and the ongoing demand for dragon designs
• Rarity: an exceptionally rare collector's coin from the "Mythical Creatures" series
• Minting quality: the highest possible minting quality, Proof (PP), with mirror-polished fields and a frosted relief
• Design: Chinese dragon in a striking frontal view – on the reverse it coils around a traditional pagoda landscape
• Material: 62.21 g fine silver in top-tier fineness of 999.9/1,000, diameter 55.00 mm
• Manufacturer: exclusively minted for Kettner Edelmetalle
• Country of origin: Germany – issued by the Republic of Liberia with a face value of 25 dollars
• Delivery: in a premium case that protects the silver coin and presents it effectively

Some silver coins are bought because they are affordable. This one is bought because it barely exists. 250 pieces worldwide – that's not a marketing number, that's a handful. Two full troy ounces of fine silver, 55 millimetres in diameter, a dragon's head that practically leaps at you: the 2 oz Silver Chinese Dragon 2026 is a collector's coin for anyone who prefers the extraordinary over the ordinary.

A dragon that steps out of the coin

The obverse shows the dragon's head in a frontal view: wide-open jaws, exposed fangs, watchful eyes, two powerfully curved horns. A flowing mane of beard and whisker hair frames the face, while the scaled body coils around the design on either side. Every scale is individually rendered. The dark background and the brightly polished relief create a contrast that gives the image an almost three-dimensional depth. Along the lower edge, the inscription "2 OZ 9999 FINE SILVER 2026" states the weight, fineness and year of minting.

The reverse continues the story

On the reverse, the dragon coils around a traditional Chinese pagoda landscape: multi-storey temples with sweeping roofs, delicate bridge arches, and countless architectural details that only truly come into their own on a 55 mm surface. The legend "Republic of Liberia" and the face value "25 Dollars" complete the image. In China's historical iconography, the dragon has stood for strength, power, wisdom and good fortune for thousands of years – a design with meaning, not mere decoration. Little wonder that the Chinese Dragon is among the most sought-after coin designs internationally.

Proof minting quality – the maximum achievable

This issue is struck in the highest quality level a mint can offer. Mirror-polished fields meet frosted image areas – it is precisely this interplay that defines Proof quality and brings out even the whiskers and scale edges in razor-sharp detail. Such strikes are produced with particular care and considerably more slowly than ordinary bullion coins, resulting in correspondingly small mintages. The coin is delivered in a premium case that protects it from fingerprints.

Only 250 pieces – a true rarity

A mintage of just 250 pieces is exceptional even by collector standards. For comparison: popular bullion coins such as the Maple Leaf or the Krugerrand are issued in the millions each year, and even many popular dragon issues from China reach mintages in the tens of thousands. Here, mathematically, there is just one piece per 250 collectors worldwide – no more. It is precisely this scarcity that underpins the value appreciation potential, which can extend beyond the pure material value; naturally, no specific performance can ever be promised.

The 2 oz denomination plays to its own strengths here: it offers twice the surface area for the relief compared to a 1 oz issue, feels noticeably more substantial in hand, and yet remains easy to handle and store. Anyone following the "Mythical Creatures" series knows the formula: small mintages, striking designs, high demand.

Silver – the metal with a double foundation

• Historic coinage metal: Silver has been minted into coins for thousands of years and served as everyday money for entire cultures over long eras
• Industrial demand: electronics, solar technology and medical technology consume large quantities – some of which is permanently lost to the market
• Limited supply: mining output is finite, which lends the metal long-term value stability
• Intrinsic value: unlike fiat currency, silver is based on physical properties, not on trust in governments
• Durable: the metal does not age – it retains its properties across generations
• Tax note: profits from the sale of physical silver are generally tax-free after a holding period of at least one year

Gold is humanity's oldest currency and has outlived all others. Silver is its loyal companion – tangible, divisible, recognised worldwide, and in this form, a small work of art besides.

Made for collectors

This silver coin is aimed at collectors who value design, craftsmanship and rarity in equal measure. It complements any dragon or mythical-creature collection, looks superb in a display case, and also makes a gift with real substance: for a birthday, an anniversary, or Chinese New Year. Along the way, you also acquire physical precious metal, which many investors also value as an inflation hedge and as crisis protection. Here, however, the focus is on collector's value – and that lives and breathes through a single number: 250.

Experience shows that hesitating over such tight mintages usually ends in missing out. Secure your piece while this edition of the series is still available.