1 oz Silver Proud Leopard 2026 (Mintage: 100 | partially gilded)
- Two designs: stalking and dignified
- Hand-finished: in vivid colours
- Exclusive: only at Kettner
- Two designsOne side stalking, the other standing dignified
- Hand-finishedHand-coloured step by step in Germany
- ExclusiveThis collector's coin is available exclusively from us
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Liberia 2026 · exclusive
Rosette and spot, two coats for two worlds.
Proud Leopard 2026, 1 ounce silver, picture side
The leopard’s coat suits its life in trees, in the forest and at night.
The leopard
From the desert to the rainforest
Desert
Mountain forest
Rainforest
No other big cat is as widespread: leopards live in some 62 countries across Africa and Eurasia, in deserts, savannas, mountains and rainforests.
They prefer rocky ground with dense bush and riverine forest. The leopard climbs well, spends much of its time in trees and is mostly active at night, as a loner.
Its coat carries dark, irregular spots, the rosettes; the base colour ranges from pale yellow in warm, dry regions to reddish orange in dense forests. Instead of purring, it calls with a rough, rasping sound.
The cheetah
The only one of its genus
Its genus, Acinonyx, has no other living member today. The cheetah needs wide, open land and is mostly active by day, unlike many other cats.
Its coat carries solid, round or oval black spots from 1.9 to 3.8 centimetres; only the throat and belly stay white. The tail ends in four to six black rings.
Cheetahs do not roar; their most common call is a chirp. Females live alone, while males often join up in groups.
Why two patterns
The coat often suits where the cat lives
Rosette
For trees, forest and night.
Spot
Black, without a ring.
A study of 35 cat species shows that whether a coat is patterned is linked to the habitat. How intricate and irregular the pattern is also relates to life in trees and to activity at night.
Over the course of evolution, such camouflage adapts comparatively quickly to a way of life. In the grey grass where cheetahs often live, their spots can take up the shadows of the blades and let the animals merge with their surroundings.
Allen et al. 2011, Proceedings of the Royal Society B
Rosette
For trees, forest and night.
Spot
Black, without a ring.
Allen et al. 2011, Proceedings of the Royal Society B
Rare coats
A black panther can be a leopard
Leopards with melanism, that is with almost black fur, are often called black panthers. Black cheetahs, by contrast, are not known.
In the rare king cheetah, the spots merge into blotches and stripes. It is not a species of its own but carries a rare variant of the gene Taqpep, which shapes the variations of the tabby pattern in domestic cats.
Young cheetahs wear a coat of their own as well: a thick, silvery grey mantle along the back, which they shed at about three months of age.
Liberia · exclusive
Enhanced for Kettner Edelmetalle
The coin’s country of issue is Liberia; it was coloured and partly gilded in Germany.
Leopard and cheetah in more series
SomaliaThe leopard on both sides, in the coat of arms of 1956.
Big FiveTwo coins side by side make one whole face.
1/1,000 ounce of goldRosette and spot in the same small format.
At a glance
- Metal
- silver
- Weight
- 1 ounce
- Fineness
- 999.9/1,000
- Country of issue
- Liberia
- Face value
- 20 Dollars
- Year
- 2026
- Quality
- brilliant uncirculated
- Finish
- coloured and partly gilded
- Mintage
- 100 pieces
- Packaging
- coin capsule
Leopard and cheetah
Both are listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
1 oz Silver Proud Leopard 2026 – the big cat in mandala light
- Strictly limited: Very low mintage of only 100 pieces worldwide – a micro-mintage rarely seen in the collector's segment
- Growth potential: Very high value appreciation potential due to the strict mintage limit and the experience-proven brisk demand for micro-series
- Rarity: Extremely rare collector's coin that will never appear again in exactly this design
- Investment target: A sought-after collector's item whose limited mintage opens up noticeable potential for future performance
- Design: A leopard in front of a jewel-encrusted mandala – stalking on one side, poised with dignity on the other, surrounded by shades of pink, violet and ice blue
- Exclusive: These rare collector's items are available exclusively at Kettner Edelmetalle
- High-quality finishing: Specially refined for you using several technical processes – full-surface colouring and partial gold finish
- Material / fineness: 1 ounce (31.1 g) of fine silver in outstanding fineness of 999.9/1,000 – it hardly gets purer than this
- Manufacturer: Kettner Edelmetalle – additionally refined afterwards in Germany
- Country of origin: Finishing carried out in Germany, country of issue of the base coin is Liberia
Hardly any animal embodies silent power as convincingly as the leopard. This elaborately refined collector's coin captures exactly this tension: golden-brown spotted fur, watchful eyes, a body full of tension – embedded in a mandala that looks as if it were set with gemstones. Anyone looking for designs that immediately stand out in the display case will find here a piece that draws the eye almost magnetically.
A design between wilderness and ornament
The obverse shows the leopard stalking. Muscles are tensed, the gaze fixed ahead, the tail swings out. Behind it unfolds a multi-layered mandala in magenta, rosé and blue, while flashes of lightning flicker across the background. The inscription "1 OZ 9999 FINE SILVER 2026" runs around the edge. The reverse shows the same big cat sitting, head raised, almost reverent – flanked by the face value "20 DOLLARS" and the national emblem of the issuing country. Two moods, one animal: hunting instinct and dignity.
The finishing: colour and gold from a German workshop
After minting, the base coin is further processed in Germany by a specialised partner company. The colouring reveals every marking of the fur, the gold finish frames the image like a passe-partout border. The partially gilded edge is reeded, making the quality tangible as well as visible. Every step is carried out by hand with calm precision – the manufacturer named refers to the coin itself, not to the subsequent finishing.
One hundred pieces, one design – anyone who acts now secures a piece that is likely to become very hard to find later on.
Leopard meets leopard: the comparison is worthwhile
Big cats have a tradition in numismatics. The Somalia Leopard from the African Wildlife series and the Big Five Leopard from South Africa, however, are issued in mintages of many thousands and remain in classic silver shine. This issue from the Land Animals series deliberately takes a different path: coloured, partially gilded, in Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) quality and limited to a tiny mintage. Anyone who values variety in their collection can combine both – classic design series and refined micro-mintages.
Why fine silver is the ideal carrier
With a fineness of 999.9/1,000, this coin is among the purest silver coins of all. Silver has accompanied humanity for thousands of years as a coinage metal and store of value – and it is extraordinarily durable:
- Profits from the sale of physical silver are generally tax-free after a minimum holding period of one year
- Industrial demand from electronics, solar and medical technology underscores the importance of the white metal
- Limited availability meets high liquidity and worldwide tradability
- Silver retains its physical properties over generations – ideal for passing collections on
The key facts at a glance
- Denomination: 1 ounce, fine weight 31.1 g
- Fineness: 999.9/1,000 fine silver
- Year of issue: 2026
- Face value: 20 dollars, country of issue Liberia
- Diameter: 40 mm, reeded edge design
- Condition: Brilliant Uncirculated (BU), coloured and partially gilded
- Mintage: 100 pieces
- Delivery: in a coin capsule
Scarcity is the true luxury
While standard bullion coins roll off the production line by the millions, here we have a mintage of only 100 pieces. This limitation is what determines the appeal: anyone who owns such a rarity belongs to a very small circle. No one can or should promise a guaranteed return – but collecting experience shows time and again that sought-after designs in micro-mintages become particularly desirable over the years. Physical precious metal naturally carries the character of a genuine tangible asset, complete with the proven inflation hedge and classic crisis protection it offers.
You can find further fantastic-looking and beautifully designed exclusive collector's coins here – take your time to browse the selection and expand your collection with further extraordinary pieces.
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