In Switzerland, apart from the government-owned Swissmint, there are also some private mints producing bullion which is not legal tender and is targeted at investors and not at coin collectors, such as this one-ounce gold piece.
This one-ounce gold bar dedicated to the 2024 Chinese Lunar Year of the Dragon is the first in a series of of minted bullion bars which tells the stories of the 12 animals of the Chinese lunar calendar, starting with the Legend of the Azure Dragon.
The Azure Dragon is the guardian of the east. It is said the dragon is a harbinger of the coming spring season, and controls the rain. Throughout the day, a two-hour window of potency is allotted to each animal, and the dragon is at its most powerful between the hours of 7 a.m. and 9 a.m., and its zenith is marked with Chinese characters that translate as 8 a.m. |