Twelve Heavenly Generals in the Chinese Zodiac - Manjusri VS Dragon-Samoa 0,25$ 2024 copper coin, 45 g

Face value: Samoa 0,25$
Weight: 40gr
Diameter: 40 mm
Mintage: 6666

Proof copper coin with partial gold plating

In East Asian Buddhism, the Twelve Heavenly Generals or Twelve Divine Generals are the protective deities, or yaksha, of Bhaisajyaguru, the buddha of healing. They are introduced in the Bhai?ajyaguruvaiduryaprabharaja Sutra. They are collectively named Shí'èr Shén Jiang Mahala--Honji to this General is Bhaisajyaguru, It is the protective deity of zodiac rabbit.

Face value: Samoa 0,25$
Weight: 40gr
Diameter: 40 mm
Mintage: 6666

Proof copper coin with partial gold plating

In East Asian Buddhism, the Twelve Heavenly Generals or Twelve Divine Generals are the protective deities.

Face value: Samoa 2$
Weight: 31,1 gr
Silver: 99,9%
Diameter: 40 mm
Mintage: 2024

In East Asian Buddhism, the Twelve Heavenly Generals or Twelve Divine Generals are the protective deities,

Face value: Samoa 0,25$
Weight: 40gr
Diameter: 40 mm
Mintage: 6666

Proof copper coin with partial gold plating

In East Asian Buddhism, the Twelve Heavenly Generals or Twelve Divine Generals are the protective deities, or yaksha, of Bhaisajyaguru, the buddha of healing. They are introduced in the Bhai?ajyaguruvaiduryaprabharaja Sutra. They are collectively named Shí'èr Shén Jiang Mahala--Honji to this General is Bhaisajyaguru, It is the protective deity of zodiac rabbit.

Face Value 10$ Solomon Islands
Gold: 99,99%
Weight: 2 g
Dimentions: 11,5 x 19 mm
Mintage 1500

The 2g .9999 fine gold coin "Coin Jewelry" features a Chinese Dragon on the new issue. The dragon represents strength and wealth,
but also good luck, kindness and intelligence. The dragon is considered the strongest animal of the Chinese Zodiac.
Gold jewelry is usually made of 14 k (585) and occasionally of 18 k (750) gold. This series is a very rare exception:
its 24 k fineness is not just 999, but even 9999 finest gold. Being an official coin, its value is guaranteed by the issuing authorities.

Denomination: 5£
Alloy: cu/ni
Weight: 28.28 g
Diameter: 38,6 mm
Quality Brilliant Uncirculated
Year: 2024

A beautiful celebration of the most significant symbol in Chinese culture
The first Lunar coin to feature the official coinage portrait of His Majesty The King

In 2024, Chinese New Year, The Year of the Dragon starts on 10 February. A joyful time that is marked by communities all over the world, friends and family will gather to enjoy traditional food, watch firework displays and gift children money in red envelopes. Each year is characterised by one of 12 zodiac animals, and 2024 sees the dragon in the ascendancy. Wise and powerful, the dragon is China’s most important cultural symbol and has come to represent confidence, courage and adventurousness. People born under its zodiac sign are said to possess these traits

Dimensions: 65m
Standard Weight: 31.1g
Silver: 99.9%
Year Dated: 2024
Monetary Denom:
NZD 5.00
Max Mintage: 500
Country of Issue: Tokelau

The Year of the Dragon will commence on 10 February 2024. In Chinese element theory, each zodiac sign is associated with one of the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire and earth and each element appears in a 60 year cycle. 2024 represents the year of the Wood Dragon. It is said people born in this year are passionate, brave and ambitious. They like to be in control and to be the center of attention. This astounding 65mm 1oz pure silver coin features a dynamic image of a dragon in mirror image. The coin is created in proof condition, with the Dragon on one side sculpted proof with a highly polished proof table, the other side with a frosted table and polished Dragon. As with each of the previous issues, only 500 coins will be released. These will be the first coins in this series to feature the effigy of King Charles III

Country: Mongolia
Year: 2024
Face Value: 1000 Togrog
Gold: 99.99%
Weigh: 0.5 g
Size: 11 mm
Quality: Proof
Mintage: 5000

In Chinese mythology, dragons are majestic beasts that dwell in rivers, lakes, oceans and roam the skies. Originally a rain deity, the Chinese dragon is associated with heavenly beneficence and fertility.

Denomination: 0,25 €
Alloy: Cupro-nickel Nordicgold
Weight: 15,8 g
Diameter: 34 mm
Quality Brilliant Uncirculated
Year: 2024

Surrounded by plum blossom, a popular symbol in Chinese history, art, and lanterns, the dragon’s depiction appeals to children. The inscription 'Year of the dragon’ and the yeardate appear at the center of the coin. The ideogram of the dragon appears below. On the reverse side, all the animals of the Chinese zodiac are drawn in a cartoon-like way around the Ying and Yang symbol. A complete cycle of the Chinese zodiac will be composed from 2018 to 2029

Face Value: 10 000 Franc
Issuing Country: Chad
Weight 52,2 g
Silver: 699
Diameter 40 x 50 mm
Quality Antique finisg, gold plated
Year Date: 2024
Mintage: 699

Who is the God of Wealth? Chinese are always interested in wealth, abundance and rich topics. In China history, there are many legendary figures canonized as the God of Wealth. They might a rich businessman, someone guarding the properties or someone conquering the business market territory. 2024 is the Chinese year of the Green Wood Dragon. 2024 Chinese New Year Day is on Saturday, February 10, 2024. Chinese New Year Day is a new moon day, which is the first lunar day. The fifth lunar day of Chinese New Year festival is the Welcome Day for the God of Wealth. This date is Wednesday, February 14, 2024.

Face value: 250 Francs
Weight: 5 oz
Silver: 99,9%
Diameter: 50 x 70 mm
Antique finish
Mintage: 488 coins

Special edition to celebrate the Year of The Dragon 2024

A newly hatched dragon impresses with highly detailed relief and comes to life with its outstanding finish.
Coveted piece of art made from 5 oz of .999 pure Silver, the Chinese Dragon Egg makes an exquisite gift for new beginnings and special occasions.

Only 488 pcs worldwide – secure this rare collectible item and celebrate one of the most iconic creatures of the Lunar calendar.

Face value: 5 Yuan
Weight: 15 gr
Silver: 99,9%
Diameter: 33 mm
Mintage: 300 000

Obverse Design: The obverse design of the commemorative coins features the national emblem of the People's Republic of China, adorned with traditional auspicious patterns, and includes the country name and year.

The reverse design of the 15-gram round silver commemorative coin features a decorative dragon motif, complemented by auspicious patterns.

The finely crafted commemorative coin weighs 15 grams and has a diameter of 33 millimeters. It has a face value of 5 yuan and is made of 99.9% pure silver.

Silver: 99.99%
Nominal value 0.5TVD
Weight: 15.553g
Dimensions: 32.60 mm
Maximum Mintage 7,150
Coin Finish Proof

This adorable coin celebrates the Year of the Dragon and is the perfect gift for any baby born in 2024. According to the lunar calendar, the Year of the Dragon occurs between 10 February 2024 and 28 January 2025. Babies born during this time are said to be blessed with the dragon’s instinctive bravery, persistence, intelligence, and good fortune.

The ancient lunar zodiac comprises 12 animal signs, each said to bestow desirable characteristics on those born under its influence. According to tradition, dragon babies will likely be blessed with bravery, persistence, intelligence, and good fortune.

Cute baby dragon design.
The coin depicts a delightful coloured illustration of a cute dragon – or hatchling – draped in bunting. The Chinese character for ‘dragon’, the inscription ‘Year of the Dragon’ and The Perth Mint’s ‘P’ mintmark are also incorporated into the design.

This coin portrays the official Queen Elizabeth II Memorial Obverse, featuring the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy supplemented with the dates of Her Majesty’s reign – ‘1952 – 2022’.

Accompanied by a numbered certificate of authenticity, the coin comes in a classic display case with a clear lid and a colourfully illustrated shipper.

Face value: 0.2 $
Issuing country: Samoa
Weight: 25 g
Diameter: 40 mm

As the King of the gods, Zeus‘ connection with Leo is appropriate as it is the "king of the Zodiac signs". The connection gains a lot more weight in mythology: Zeus is closely associated with Helios, perhaps even more so than Apollo, as Helios is referred as "the eye of Zeus" and is referred as Zeus in his own Orphic hymn. Aether (the primordial light that illumines the Heavens) is "Zeus' power", and his role as the god of civilization, justice and law is very similar to that of sun gods like Shamash and Ra (Apollo also shares these traits, as he too is a god of justice and law). Zeus is outright referred as the Sun in some particular Greco-roman religious traditions like Pythagorean philosophy, where he is the supramundane Sun of the Olympians.As the Sun symbolizes the center, so is Leo's position in the Zodiac indicative.

Metal: NordicGold
Weight: 15,80 g
Diameter: 34 mm
Mintage: 10 000

In 2022, Smiley celebrates its fifth decade of smiles and optimism.

The emblematic yellow, round face of the brand was born on 1st, January 1972 in France, when journalist Franklin Loufrani used this infectious smile in the newspaper France-soir in order to highlight stories which brought positive news and cheered up French people’s spirit. This operation, called « Take the time to smile » was an immediate success.

In 1996, the logo is relaunched and developed in other forms : a new 3D version is created and new expressions are added in. Nowadays, from the smiley to the emoticon, smiling takes multiple forms, becoming a representative of cheerfulness !

Since the creation of the yellow smile in 1972, Smiley diversified the range of its expressions, conveying over a hundred émotions. From the smiley to the emoticon, smiling takes multiple forms.

Each mini-medal highlights a particular emotion : love, gratitude, gluttony, joy and laughing.

The medals are packaged in a coloured packaging, to treat to someone or to yourself.

Face value: 5 €
Diameter: 34 mm
Weight: 19.1 g
Metal: Brass
Mintage: 35,000

3. coin from the series “Fauna and Flora of Slovakia”.
Obverse:
The obverse of this euro collector coin shows a lynx kitten on the left side and an adult lynx on the right side. Below the adult are the mint mark of the Kremnica Mint (Mincovňa Kremnica), consisting of the letters ‘MK’ placed between two dies, and the stylised letters ‘TL’, referring to the obverse designer Tomáš Lamač. The name of the issuing country ‘SLOVENSKO’ and the year of issuance ‘2022’ are inscribed along the upper left edge and part of the upper right edge. Below them is the Slovak coat of arms. The denomination and currency ‘5 EURO’ appear in the lower part of the design, above two lynx paw prints at the bottom edge.

Reverse:
On the reverse, filling the left and centre of the design, is a lynx’s head in profile. To the right of the image, on two lines, is the lynx’s scientific name ‘LYNX LYNX’, and below it are the stylised letters ‘LR’, referring to the designer of the reverse side Roman Lugár. Inscribed along the lower right edge is the lynx’s name in Slovak ‘RYS OSTROVID’.
‘The tiger of our forests’, ‘the phantom’: these are names that have been given to Slovakia’s largest wild cat, the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx). As an adult, the male weighs 24 kg on average and the female around 4 kg less. In the wild, the lynx can live for up to 17 years. The lynx’s particularly typical and unmistakeable features include tufts of hair on its ears, a black-spotted coat, and bobbed tail. It has excellent eyesight (as referenced in the second part of its Slovak name ‘rys ostrovid’) and superb hearing, but a less developed sense of smell. Generally living and hunting individually, the lynx is agile and can jump well and far. The lynx is in fact a very shy animal that never attacks humans. In the past, the lynx was hunted by the nobility for its valuable pelt and its claws were used in folk medicine. It used to be severely persecuted and was almost hunted out of the territory of what is now Slovakia, surviving until today only in small numbers in the central northern part and in the Eastern Carpathians. Since 1999 the lynx has had year-round protected status in Slovakia. As well as being a treasure of the country’s natural heritage, lynxes in Slovakia are also a source population for efforts to strengthen the species’ presence in other European countries.

Face value: Samoa 0,25$
Weight: 47 gr
Diameter: 40 mm
Mintage: 3 000

The tawny owl (Strix aluco), also called the brown owl, is commonly found in woodlands across Europe to western Siberia, and has seven recognized subspecies. It is a stocky, medium-sized owl, whose underparts are pale with dark streaks, and whose upper body may be either brown or grey. (In several subspecies, individuals may be of either color.) The tawny owl typically makes its nest in a tree hollow where it can protect its eggs and young against potential predators. It is non-migratory and highly territorial: as a result, when young birds grow up and leave the parental nest, if they cannot find a vacant territory to claim as their own, they will often starve

Face value: 5 €
Diameter: 34 mm
Weight: 19.1 g
Metal: Brass
Mintage: 40,000

Obverse:
The obverse of the euro collector coin depicts a male European bison with trees in the background above and fallen branches in the foreground below. The Slovak coat of arms appears in the lower right of the design, just below the year of issuance ‘2024’. The name of the issuing country ‘SLOVENSKO’ is inscribed along part of the left edge. In the lower part of the design are the mint mark of the Kremnica Mint (Mincovňa Kremnica), consisting of the letters ‘MK’ placed between two dies, and the stylised letters ‘KL’, referring to the coin’s designer Karol Ličko.

Reverse:
On the reverse, a depiction of a European bison’s head dominates the centre and right of the design. Above the head are the coin’s denomination and currency, ‘5 EURO’. The Slovak name of the European bison, ‘ZUBOR HRIVNATÝ’, is inscribed along the upper-left edge, and the scientific name, ‘BISON BONASUS’, is at the lower-left edge. The two names are separated by a beech twig with leaves and nuts.

The bison is Europe’s largest land mammal, with its build resembling that of cattle. It has a relatively short, rounded head and is covered with brown hair from head to tail. The forequarters are bulkier than the hindquarters and are further accentuated by longer hair. Strong, hollow horns are a permanent feature of both sexes and grow with age. Bison are most active at dusk, and their vision has adapted accordingly. Their best-developed senses are hearing and smell. They can live to around 35 years of age. Bison are a social animal that typically live in herds of 8 to 13 animals, though older males tend to be solitary. They feed mainly on green and woody plant matter, including branches, bark and leaves. They prefer younger forest stands with dense undergrowth. In winter, their staple food sources are brambles, tree bark, shrubs and dry grass, which they dig out from under the snow. The bison’s historical range extended almost throughout Europe. In Slovakia today, approximately 70 individuals of the species live wild on a reservation in the Poloniny National Park.