2 oz Silver Chinese Dragon 2026 (Mintage: 250 | Proof)
- Striking Design: Dragon head front view
- Purest Silver: Fineness 999.9/1,000
- Gift with Style: in a green velvet case
- Striking DesignEvery scale of the dragon is individually detailed
- Purest SilverFirst-class fine silver that never ages over generations
- Gift with StyleIdeal for birthdays, anniversaries or Chinese New Year
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Own minting · 2 ounces fine silver
It breathes no fire. It brings the rain.
Chinese Dragon 2026, side with the dragon
Our own minting shows the dragon’s head from the front, with mane and scales, in Proof.
From the water into the clouds
It lives in the water and rises into the clouds.
Dragons have appeared in Chinese art since Neolithic times. No later than the Han dynasty, from 206 BC to AD 220, they were regarded as beings of water: they live in rivers and seas, fly up into the clouds, govern the weather and bring the life-giving rain.
This is how old books tell it: the dragon’s breath becomes clouds, and the clouds become rain or lightning. In winter it sleeps beneath rivers and ponds, in the first month of spring it rises, and then it thunders, and rain falls.
In China it stands for the beneficence of heaven. The dragons of Europe are mostly winged and breathe fire, while in East Asia the dragon is regarded as a benevolent being, usually without any wings.
“Above all things the dragon in China is a rain-maker.”
A dragon made of many animals
The antlers of the stag, the scales of the carp.
According to old tradition, the dragon is made up of parts of many animals: the antlers of the stag, the scales of the carp, the claws of the eagle and the body of the snake. Learned Chinese books also name whiskers at the mouth and a luminous pearl beneath the chin.
The magnifying glass reveals how finely the design is struck here.
HeadThe head with mane and scales
ScalesScales like those of a carp
Enlarged from the pictures in our gallery.
The legend of the Dragon Gate
The carp, which becomes a dragon.
A legend tells of the Yellow River: a carp that swims upstream through the Dragon Gate becomes a dragon.
In China the image stood for passing the civil service examination. On a Yuan dynasty inkstone in the Metropolitan Museum, the grinding surface and the ink well lie between carp and dragon; their diligent use might well decide success.
The phoenix
Dragon and phoenix, emperor and empress.
On a porcelain plate of the Wanli period in the Metropolitan Museum, the five-clawed dragon is the emblem of the emperor. At its side appears the phoenix, which often stands for the empress.
On a wedding robe from the 1930s in the Victoria and Albert Museum, too, dragon and phoenix form the basic pattern, as the male and female elements of marriage. By tradition, the bride was “empress of the day.”
More companions of the dragon
The phoenixThe phoenix often stands for the empress, the dragon for the emperor.
The tigerThe dragon stands for the east, the white tiger for the west.
The pearlIn art, the dragon often chases a pearl, a symbol of wisdom.
The five elementsEarth, wood, metal, fire and water follow one another in a cycle.
The qilinWith the dragon, phoenix and tortoise, one of the four spiritual beings.
The emblem of the emperor
From the waves at the hem to the pearl.
An imperial robe of yellow silk from the Qianlong period, shown at the Palace Museum in Beijing in 2019, follows the usual arrangement from bottom to top: water lines form the waves of the ocean, from them rises Mount Kunlun, and at chest height the five-clawed dragon chases the flaming pearl.
The claws mattered: the five-clawed dragon, long, was distinguished from the four-clawed one, mang, which stood for lower ranks.
“Only the emperor and empress were allowed to wear bright yellow.”
The craft
What sets this piece apart.
- Proof
- The field is polished to a mirror finish, with the design set on it in matte. This makes the dragon stand out clearly against the gleaming background.
Our dragons to scale
Dainty in gold, mighty in silver.
From 1/200 ounce of gold to 5 ounces of silver, side by side to the scale of their dimensions. The piece on this page is marked.
Whatever is available links to its product.
1/200 ounceGold, 14 mmGold14 mm- 1 ounceGold, 32.6 mmGold32.6 mm
1 ounceSilver, 40 mmSilver40 mm
2 ouncesGold, 36.6 mmGold36.6 mm
2 ouncesSilver, 55 mmSilver55 mm
3 ouncesSilver, 50 mmSilver50 mm
5 ouncesSilver, 65.25 mmSilver65.25 mm
At a glance
- Type
- Coin
- Metal
- Silver
- Design
- Dragon’s head from the front
- Weight
- 2 ounces fine silver
- Fineness
- 999.9/1,000
- Face value
- 25 Dollars
- Country of issue
- Liberia
- Diameter
- 55 mm
- Year
- 2026
- Quality
- Proof
- Mintage
- 250 pieces
- Manufacturer
- Kettner Edelmetalle
- Packaging
- Case
A coiled dragon of jade, made in the Shang dynasty, in the 13th or 12th century BC.
Pendant in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
2 oz Silver Chinese Dragon 2026 – a formidable design, a tiny mintage
- Strictly limited: only 250 pieces worldwide – a truly very low mintage
- Growth potential: high value appreciation potential thanks to the sharp limitation and the ongoing demand for dragon designs
- Rarity: an exceptionally rare collector's coin from the "Mythical Creatures" series
- Minting quality: the highest possible minting quality, Proof (PP), with mirror-polished fields and a frosted relief
- Design: Chinese dragon in a striking frontal view – on the reverse it coils around a traditional pagoda landscape
- Material: 62.21 g fine silver in top-tier fineness of 999.9/1,000, diameter 55.00 mm
- Manufacturer: exclusively minted for Kettner Edelmetalle
- Country of origin: Germany – issued by the Republic of Liberia with a face value of 25 dollars
- Delivery: in a premium case that protects the silver coin and presents it effectively
Some silver coins are bought because they are affordable. This one is bought because it barely exists. 250 pieces worldwide – that's not a marketing number, that's a handful. Two full troy ounces of fine silver, 55 millimetres in diameter, a dragon's head that practically leaps at you: the 2 oz Silver Chinese Dragon 2026 is a collector's coin for anyone who prefers the extraordinary over the ordinary.
A dragon that steps out of the coin
The obverse shows the dragon's head in a frontal view: wide-open jaws, exposed fangs, watchful eyes, two powerfully curved horns. A flowing mane of beard and whisker hair frames the face, while the scaled body coils around the design on either side. Every scale is individually rendered. The dark background and the brightly polished relief create a contrast that gives the image an almost three-dimensional depth. Along the lower edge, the inscription "2 OZ 9999 FINE SILVER 2026" states the weight, fineness and year of minting.
The reverse continues the story
On the reverse, the dragon coils around a traditional Chinese pagoda landscape: multi-storey temples with sweeping roofs, delicate bridge arches, and countless architectural details that only truly come into their own on a 55 mm surface. The legend "Republic of Liberia" and the face value "25 Dollars" complete the image. In China's historical iconography, the dragon has stood for strength, power, wisdom and good fortune for thousands of years – a design with meaning, not mere decoration. Little wonder that the Chinese Dragon is among the most sought-after coin designs internationally.
Proof minting quality – the maximum achievable
This issue is struck in the highest quality level a mint can offer. Mirror-polished fields meet frosted image areas – it is precisely this interplay that defines Proof quality and brings out even the whiskers and scale edges in razor-sharp detail. Such strikes are produced with particular care and considerably more slowly than ordinary bullion coins, resulting in correspondingly small mintages. The coin is delivered in a premium case that protects it from fingerprints.
Only 250 pieces – a true rarity
A mintage of just 250 pieces is exceptional even by collector standards. For comparison: popular bullion coins such as the Maple Leaf or the Krugerrand are issued in the millions each year, and even many popular dragon issues from China reach mintages in the tens of thousands. Here, mathematically, there is just one piece per 250 collectors worldwide – no more. It is precisely this scarcity that underpins the value appreciation potential, which can extend beyond the pure material value; naturally, no specific performance can ever be promised.
The 2 oz denomination plays to its own strengths here: it offers twice the surface area for the relief compared to a 1 oz issue, feels noticeably more substantial in hand, and yet remains easy to handle and store. Anyone following the "Mythical Creatures" series knows the formula: small mintages, striking designs, high demand.
Silver – the metal with a double foundation
- Historic coinage metal: Silver has been minted into coins for thousands of years and served as everyday money for entire cultures over long eras
- Industrial demand: electronics, solar technology and medical technology consume large quantities – some of which is permanently lost to the market
- Limited supply: mining output is finite, which lends the metal long-term value stability
- Intrinsic value: unlike fiat currency, silver is based on physical properties, not on trust in governments
- Durable: the metal does not age – it retains its properties across generations
- Tax note: profits from the sale of physical silver are generally tax-free after a holding period of at least one year
Gold is humanity's oldest currency and has outlived all others. Silver is its loyal companion – tangible, divisible, recognised worldwide, and in this form, a small work of art besides.
Made for collectors
This silver coin is aimed at collectors who value design, craftsmanship and rarity in equal measure. It complements any dragon or mythical-creature collection, looks superb in a display case, and also makes a gift with real substance: for a birthday, an anniversary, or Chinese New Year. Along the way, you also acquire physical precious metal, which many investors also value as an inflation hedge and as crisis protection. Here, however, the focus is on collector's value – and that lives and breathes through a single number: 250.
Experience shows that hesitating over such tight mintages usually ends in missing out. Secure your piece while this edition of the series is still available.
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