The 2022 Lunar Year of the Tiger is the third cycle entry in the Royal Mint's Shengxiao series, which launched in 2014. China's official Lunar New Year designation for 2022 ran from February 1st — a scheduling detail that briefly complicated Royal Mint release logistics given the coin's January strike date. The .9999 fineness places it marginally purer than the Britannia bullion standard, a deliberate product differentiation for the proof collector market.
The 2022 Lunar Year of the Tiger is the third cycle entry in the Royal Mint's Shengxiao series, which launched in 2014. China's official Lunar New Year designation for 2022 ran from February 1st — a scheduling detail that briefly complicated Royal Mint release logistics given the coin's January strike date. The .9999 fineness places it marginally purer than the Britannia bullion standard, a deliberate product differentiation for the proof collector market.