Perth Mint - Silver Lunar Series 2 / 2008-2019

[ninteno]

Hi, i was not been here for years now.
I noticed that all my private messages do no longer exist. I had so many trades from germany to australia and i can not even remember.
So what i am interested in now is how the PM Series is doing over there in its homeland. Germany was one of the biggest import countrys and the hype from 2008-2015 was huge. After that time i would say it slowed down heavily. Until in 2019 i had to force myself buying the pig to complete the series.

Private sales over the last 5 years did not really generate premiums. Retail interest is slowing down to nearly zero.
After the silver price start moving in 2025 i noticed that Maples, Eagles, kKuegerrands etc are trading at higher.premiums than Lunar S2 in germany. Now after a half year i would say the dealers are more and more cleaned out and premiums in S2 are rising again.

Some.dealers still sitting on stock and calling ridicules prices. The 1oz Rabbit for example is no longer on the dealers market. On ebay you can still get some but sealed rolls of 20 are.gone.

Is it possible to get your hands on a full set of 12 sealed rolls in australis and how much do you think the premium would be. Is there still a market in australia or is the series equal to maples for example.

Thanks for your response and hopefully i read namens i can remember and was in contact with years ago

 

[Yef]

So i am a Perth local and have bought directly at the mint for many years and here is my take on it.

When i first started buying off the mint i wanted every silver bullion coin they released and have in my collection a few of the rolls you are talking about. It was a real novelty buying a 20 roll of lunars but even back then the premiums pretty quickly pushed me into just buying bullion bars or coins i took a shining to.
The few rolls that are around have stupidly high premiums on them that i doubt many are being sold at all. IMO there is nothing special about a 20 coin roll covered in heat shrink plastic.
There has always been a nice premium to be had selling a full set of single lunars to new collectors or those wanting a set so over the years many rolls have been split up to do exactly that.

I guess the novelty of silver bullion coins has worn off for me over the years as i collect other Australian numismatic coins and rolls and i view those as beautiful coins and view silver as a store of wealth hence buying only bullion bars.

TL;DR Yes they are around still but unless you have deep pockets and dont care about huge premiums steer clear, buy a complete set of single coins and enjoy those, spend the rest on bars.

 

[dollars]

Welcome back. Your trading history 23. (Please click on your name)

Similar slightly stale interest in general pm market including the lunars here, Perth mint products still popular although recent price movements seem to have renewed overall focus in this area. Hopefully stronger spot pricing may bring more rolls to the market,

Specific pricing ? I haven’t kept up with recent pricing especially now with the spot price movements. May take a little while for premiums to stabilise. No doubt some good buying opportunities for the informed collector/reseller.

USA stacker member recently has a large selection & volume of coins including lunars. Priced in $US you would have to do the exchange rate calculation to your currency.