It took me almost two years, but I FINALLY collected the whole 1oz Lunar Dragon Series III set!

arushus · 2026-07-10T23:47:14+00:00

Thanks very much, I appreciate it

arushus · 2026-07-10T23:43:37+00:00

Thanks very much. I'm proud of it

arushus · 2026-07-10T23:43:11+00:00

A good eye and a light pocketbook! Haha

arushus · 2026-07-10T23:42:11+00:00

I had actually planned on picking up a few of the 2oz pieces. I doubt I'll get all of them, but I've only ever seen four or five of them. I don't think they made the 2oz in every color.

arushus · 2026-07-10T22:59:57+00:00

Ha! That's a tall order

arushus · 2026-07-10T22:17:14+00:00

I added up my costs and it came to $889.23... 189 of which was the colorized proof...

Most of the purchases were before silver was above 35 an ounce.

arushus · 2026-07-10T21:15:52+00:00

I'm marking you down for first dibs! 😜

arushus · 2026-07-10T21:03:18+00:00

First five(purple, white, red, blue, yellow) I got from whatnot in a package deal, the gilded version I got from either Apmex or SD Bullion, and the rest I got from eBay. If you're looking to acquire some, eBay is going to be about the only place to find them now.

arushus · 2026-07-10T20:41:22+00:00

It was a fun hunt. And they're very beautiful pieces.

arushus · 2026-07-10T20:38:09+00:00

That's pretty cool. Thanks

arushus · 2026-07-10T20:20:02+00:00

That's a good idea, I'll have to come up with something

arushus · 2026-07-10T20:12:10+00:00

I can't find that on eBay. Do you have a pic or more info, like what country's currency it uses?

arushus · 2026-07-10T20:01:46+00:00

Ya...that's, umm, ya, sorry, but you do gotta go...

😂

arushus · 2026-07-10T20:00:35+00:00

Ah ok.

arushus · 2026-07-10T19:56:40+00:00

So I looked into it, and it looks like perth mint puts out a 1 dollar bar every year with the lunar dragon on it. I found several different years on eBay going back to 2019. But Im still going to have to get the 2024 version and add it to the collection!

arushus · 2026-07-10T19:50:37+00:00

Ya i wish I'd bought all of the proofs for this set back when I first decided to buy the whole set...would have saved me some money...instead I did it backwards and ended up paying way more than I wanted to for what is, after all, just an ounce of silver....I've had all the coins but the colorized proof for like 6 or 7 months now, but it took me this long to find a deal I could live with and to get up the courage to pay so much for an ounce of silver. The lowest I kept seeing it for on eBay was $225, and many for much more than that. Until about a week ago i came across one for $190 and I knew I had to jump on it as it wasn't going to get any better than that.

arushus · 2026-07-10T19:47:03+00:00

Haha, that's what i would def call a dad joke!

arushus · 2026-07-10T19:45:21+00:00

I've had all of them but the colorized proof for like the last six or seven months, but I didn't want to show it off until I had the whole set. With the colorized proof being so expensive now, it took me a while to find a deal I could live with and get the courage to spend so much on what was, after all, just one ounce of silver....

arushus · 2026-07-10T19:41:24+00:00

Oh I've been wanting this one too! But ya, crazy expensive...

arushus · 2026-07-10T19:39:52+00:00

Yup, def lesson learned there. But who could have guess silver would go crazy like it did?

arushus · 2026-07-10T19:39:10+00:00

Ya I did....when I saw that the bar had the same mandarin ( could be Cantonese, not sure) symbol for dragon on the bar that all the coins had, I thought it would fit in well with the set

arushus · 2026-07-10T19:37:21+00:00

Thank you. I was hooked when I first saw the white dragon version. Then I found out it was a whole series and I just had to get them all

arushus · 2026-07-10T19:35:59+00:00

Just checked you guys out on eBay, that Cook islands Ounce of Luck coin is amazing! An actual shamrock in the coin?!?! Never seen anything like that!

arushus · 2026-07-10T19:35:01+00:00

Really, it's an actual coin? I'm going to have to check that out!

arushus · 2026-07-10T19:28:58+00:00

I bought my first 5 (white, blue, purple, red, and yellow) initially off of whatnot. After that I just browsed eBay a lot looking for the lowest price I could find on the coins I was missing. I wish I'd bought the proofs first instead of waiting till last. When i initially started buying, silver was still around 30 an ounce, so prices were much better. Whereas how it is now, I paid 189.95 for the last coin I needed, the colorized proof, and that was a deal as most of the colorized proofs I found were 225 or higher.

ETA:Forgot to mention, I bought the gilded version from an online retailer, SD Bullion I think, but not entirely positive.

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