Advent Calendar PREMIUM

Advent Calendar Basic: 24 Doors Full of Real Precious Metal

Chocolate is yesterday's news. From December 1st to 24th, each morning you open a door on the Advent Calendar Basic, and behind it awaits not a sweet treat, but real precious metal. Sometimes it's a delicate minting in gold, sometimes a coin in silver, sometimes a piece of German coin history from the Imperial era. Which surprise awaits you on which day? That remains your little Advent secret.

The calendar arrives fully filled in a sturdy red flip-top box. On the lid is an airmail letter addressed to "Santa Claus, North Pole" with a large red bow and a fir branch. Open it up, and you find yourself looking into a festive parlor with Santa Claus, a dog, a cat, and a decorated tree. Underneath sit 24 numbered boxes in red, green, cream, and light blue, which can be removed individually.

What's Behind the 24 Doors

The mix is what makes it appealing: 18 mintings in fine gold and six issues in silver, ranging from tiny design cards to the large Imperial-era coin.

Eleven Gold Miniatures at Approx. 0.03 g Fine Gold Each

• Gold Christmas Tree Coin (mintage: 50,000)
• Gold Let it Snow Coin
• Gold Bells Shaped Coin
• Gold Dove of Peace Coin (mintage: 50,000)
• Gold Congratulations Coin
• Gold Big Five Rhino Coin
• Gold Neutron Star Coin
• Gold Collage Coins featuring Jan Vermeer, Leonardo da Vinci, Gustav Klimt, and Vincent van Gogh

The four artist collages are a delight for art lovers. The van Gogh edition, for example, shows the Self-Portrait, Starry Night, and Sunflowers in color on the card, while the rectangular gold coin bears the name "Vincent."

Seven Gold Mintings at 1/200 Ounce Each (0.16 g)

• 1/200 oz Gold Atlas Bearer of the Celestial Sphere 2026 (mintage: 5,000 | Proof)
• 1/200 oz Gold "Gold Mark" 2026 (mintage: 5,000 | Proof)
• 1/200 oz Gold Australian Wildlife Series Kookaburra 2026 (mintage: 1,000 | Proof)
• 500 Old German Mark Banknote Gold Minted Bar (mintage: 1,000 | vintage design | Proof)
• 1/200 oz Gold 1 Deutsche Mark 2025 (75 Years of the Deutsche Mark)
• 1/200 oz Gold Bar Reindeer
• 1/200 oz Gold Bar Christmas Tree

Six Silver Pieces, from the Imperial Era to 2026

• 3 Mark Prussia Wilhelm II (various years of issue): 900 silver, 16.667 g gross weight, 15 g fine silver, 33 mm
• 1/2 Mark German Empire: 900 silver, 2.5 g fine silver
• 1/10 oz Silver German Eagle 2026 (3.11 g, fineness 999.9/1,000)
• 1/10 oz Silver Britannia 2025 (3.11 g)
• 1/50 oz Silver Triple Maple Leaf 2026 in Proof (0.62 g)
• 1g Silver Bar Heimerle + Meule (Kettner Edelmetalle)

History You Can Hold in Your Hand

Two doors take you back over a hundred years. The 3-Mark coins featuring the portrait of Wilhelm II were minted in Berlin and served as genuine circulation money of the German Empire. Their edge bears the inscription "GOTT MIT UNS" (God with us). The small 1/2 Mark replaced the 50-Pfennig coin in 1905. Both are made of 900 silver.

Quite different is the German Eagle 2026: an eagle in flight, encircled by the inscription "Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit" (Unity and Justice and Freedom), with Germania bearing a helmet and spear on the other side. Added to these are the British Britannia, the Triple Maple Leaf in Proof, and a 1-g bar from Heimerle + Meule. The Pforzheim refinery was founded in 1845 and is considered the oldest in Germany.

Among the gold mintings, the Proof issues stand out. Mirror-like fields and frosted relief make, for example, the kneeling Atlas bearing the celestial sphere appear to practically float. With mintages of just 1,000 or 5,000 pieces, these issues are also small limited editions.

Basic or Classic Bar Calendar?

Classic precious metal advent calendars usually rely on 24 identically sized gram bars. This has its advantages: uniform denominations, easy overview, good divisibility. The Advent Calendar Basic takes a different approach. Instead of uniformity, you get variety:

• 24 different designs instead of 24 identical bars
• Coins and bars in one calendar
• Historical Imperial-era silver alongside modern mintings from 2025 and 2026
• Limited Proof editions with mintages starting at 1,000 pieces

Those seeking primarily as much metal as possible in standardized form tend to prefer pure bars. But those who enjoy discovery, designs, stories, and collector's pieces will be surprised anew by the Basic every single day.

Anticipation That Lasts

A chocolate calendar is eaten empty by Christmas Eve. This one is only complete on December 24th. Gold is humanity's oldest currency and has outlived all others. Silver has accompanied it for millennia as everyday money. Both metals possess their own intrinsic value, are recognized worldwide, and have been valued for generations for lasting value preservation, as a building block for inflation hedging and as tangible crisis protection.

24 days of anticipation, 24 precious surprises, and in the end a small collection of gold and silver that brings joy well beyond Christmas.

Whether for children and grandchildren, your partner, or yourself: the Advent Calendar Basic is a truly enjoyable introduction to the world of precious metals. Collectors will discover new designs. Beginners may hold real gold in their hands for the very first time.

The Essentials at a Glance

• Product type: precious metal advent calendar (set), collector's product
• Contents: 24 precious metal products, 18 in gold and 6 in silver
• Gold: 11 mintings at approx. 0.03 g each plus 7 mintings at 0.16 g each (1/200 oz)
• Silver: 3 Mark, 1/2 Mark, 2 × 1/10 oz, 1/50 oz, and a 1-g bar
• Packaging: red flip-top box with 24 numbered individual boxes