Gold · collector series · spot €3,685.96 per troy ounce
What does the design cost you on gold collector coins?
A Lunar, Koala or Panda holds the same gold as a plain bar. The difference is in the design, which changes every year, and in the mintage. Below are 39 series with a comparison of their own, each with its cheapest route to the metal, sorted by what you pay over the metal value. Half of all 1281 series editions sit above 10%.
For comparison: the cheapest plain route to an ounce of gold costs 0.65% over spot (Goudbaar 50 g Damaged Packaging). The median here pays 10%. That difference is what the design costs.
Per series · cheapest route to the metal
39 series · 272 editions · 14 dealers
Single editions · without a series of their own
6 editions, sorted by premium over spot
| Edition | Per troy ounce | Premium over spot |
|---|---|---|
| Gouden Queens Beasts Falcon 1 oz | €3,872.10 | +5.05% |
| Gouden Queens Beasts Completer 1 oz | €3,872.10 | +5.05% |
| Gouden Queens Beasts White Horse 1 oz | €3,872.10 | +5.05% |
| Gouden Queens Beasts White Lion 1 oz | €3,872.10 | +5.05% |
| Gouden Queens Beasts White Greyhound 1 oz | €3,872.10 | +5.05% |
| Gouden Queens Beasts Black Bull 1 oz | €3,872.10 | +5.05% |
These coins are not on the ounce board, and that is deliberate. Someone buying metal by weight is helped by the cheapest route; a series with an annual design would sink to the bottom of a list it does not belong on. Whether the premium is worth it depends on something we cannot measure: whether the mintage and the design later find a buyer who pays more for them.