I liked these from the start.. Mintage has been dropping rapidly though.. at first it was 8000, then 3000. now with the monkey only 1000.. it was a pain to score the frosting is really amazing on these there's a few vid's online.. vids below [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVkpOpF5yQA[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_WLUaImK1s[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye-FCVmaLIU[/youtube] edit: here's a picture from a german forum of the 2016 monkey with a mintage of 1000, taken from the mint of belarus website which is impossible to navigate unless you speak russian: Source: http://images.google.de/imgres?imgu...HPAhWLOSwKHYp5DzAQMwgfKAEwAQ&bih=993&biw=1552
no doubt they're quality coins, although the style isn't for everyone. The zodiac collection from a couple years back looked fantastic as a complete set.