China's lunar silver series has been issued annually since 1981, but the 150g format occupies a specific tier introduced to satisfy institutional and gift-market demand without cannibalizing the flagship kilo pieces. The 2021 Ox issue falls in the second year of a new twelve-year lunar cycle, the first having completed in 2020 with the Rat.
The People's Bank controls mintages tightly and does not publish official figures for this denomination, a policy that has frustrated secondary market pricing since the series began scaling up in the 2000s.
China's lunar silver series has been issued annually since 1981, but the 150g format occupies a specific tier introduced to satisfy institutional and gift-market demand without cannibalizing the flagship kilo pieces. The 2021 Ox issue falls in the second year of a new twelve-year lunar cycle, the first having completed in 2020 with the Rat.
The People's Bank controls mintages tightly and does not publish official figures for this denomination, a policy that has frustrated secondary market pricing since the series began scaling up in the 2000s.