Burundi's Leopard bullion series, launched in the early 2010s, was a deliberate attempt to position the country as a source of wildlife-themed collector silver in a market already crowded with South African and Congolese issues. The colorization was applied post-strike, a process increasingly common among sub-Saharan mint programs contracting European refiners — in this case production was handled outside Burundi entirely.
KM#24 sees relatively modest secondary-market velocity despite strong initial retail placement, largely because the series never achieved the distribution infrastructure of comparable East African issues.
Burundi's Leopard bullion series, launched in the early 2010s, was a deliberate attempt to position the country as a source of wildlife-themed collector silver in a market already crowded with South African and Congolese issues. The colorization was applied post-strike, a process increasingly common among sub-Saharan mint programs contracting European refiners — in this case production was handled outside Burundi entirely.
KM#24 sees relatively modest secondary-market velocity despite strong initial retail placement, largely because the series never achieved the distribution infrastructure of comparable East African issues.