Republic of Singapore Gold Coins

Singapore Mint Lunar Year Gold Coins

The Singapore Mint began production of their lunar coin series in 1984. The series ran through 1995. The Chinese Lunar Calendar runs in twelve year cycles and names each of the twelve years after an animal. Legend has it that the Lord Buddha summoned all the animals to come to him before he departed from earth. Only twelve came to bid him farewell and as a reward he named a year after each one in the order they arrived. The Chinese believe the animal ruling the year in which a person is born has a profound influence on personality, saying: "This is the animal that hides in your heart." The coins were minted in pure .999 fine gold and are available in 1/20, 1/10, 1/4, 1/2, and 1 ounce sizes. Mintages were very low for the Singapore Lunar Gold Coin Series (see chart below). Many of these coins have been put into jewelry over the years leaving few mint condition specimens for collectors. All of our Singapore Lunar gold coins are in choice, mint condition with most of them in their original packaging. Platinum and Silver lunar year coins with the same design were also produced. River City Coins & Jewelry also stocks a large selection of 14K gold bezels if you wish to make your coin into a piece of jewelry. (See below) Shipping and handling charges are added to all orders at checkout and are based on the total amount of your order from our site (see chart below). Rates quoted are for shipment to U. S. addresses only. International orders are not accepted. In most cases, we have only one of any specific coin so please do not order more than one of each. If you have any questions, please phone 573-334-1108 or email Rvrcoins@swbell.net Note: Coins are pictured larger than actual size, see specifications.  If you are not seeing the pictures, try the Firefox or Safari browser. For some reason, the Chrome browser does not show the pics.

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Singapore Mint Lunar Year Gold Coins

1984 Year of the Rat	1985 Year of the Ox	1986 Year of the Tiger	1987 Year of the Rabbit	1988 Year of the Dragon	1989 Year of the Snake
1990 Year of the Horse	1991 Year of the Ram	1992 Year of the Monkey	1993 Year of the Rooster	1994 Year of the Dog	1995 Year of the Pig

Singapore Mint Lunar Year Gold Coins

Year of the	1/20 Ounce	1/10 Ounce	1/4 Ounce
Rat 1984	Sold Out	Sold Out	$995.00
Ox 1985	Sold Out	$435.00	Sold Out
Tiger 1986	$205.00	$435.00	Sold Out
Rabbit 1987	$195.00	$435.00	$995.00
Dragon 1988	Sold Out	$435.00	Sold Out
Snake 1989	Sold Out	$435.00	Sold Out
Horse 1990	Sold Out	$435.00	Sold Out
Ram 1991	Sold Out	$435.00	$995.00
Monkey 1992	Sold Out	$435.00	Sold Out
Rooster 1993	Sold Out	Sold Out	Sold Out
Dog 1994	Sold Out	Sold Out	$995.00
Pig 1995	Sold Out	Sold Out	$995.00

The Singapore Lunar Year Gold Coins in the following table are "Proof" issues which are minted in much more limited quantities. These were issued in 5-Piece sets at a premium.

1988 Year of the Dragon Proof 1/20 Ounce   Sold	1988 Year of the Dragon Proof 1/10 Ounce $495.00	1988 Year of the Dragon Proof 1/4 Ounce Sold
1990 Year of the Horse Proof 1/20 Ounce Sold	1990 Year of the Horse Proof 1/10 Ounce $475.00	1990 Year of the Horse Proof 1/4 Ounce $1050.00
1991 Year of the Ram Proof 1/20 Ounce Sold	1991 Year of the Ram Proof 1/10 Ounce $460.00	1991 Year of the Ram Proof 1/4 Ounce $995.00
1989 Year of the Snake Proof 1/20 Ounce Sold	1989 Year of the Snake Proof 1/10 Ounce $475.00	1989 Year of the Snake Proof 1/4 Ounce   $1050.00
1987 Year of the Rabbit Proof 1/10 Ounce   $460.00	Common Reverse Singapore Lunar Gold Coin Series	1993 $5 Gold Proof 1/20 ounce (13.92mm) Mintage only 1500 $225.00

1986 Year of the Tiger 5-Coin Set

1986 Year of the Tiger 5-Coin Set (1.90 Oz. Total Gold) This set of 1986 Singapore Gold Tiger coins is Choice Uncirculated. Coins are in mint condition. You will get the set pictured. Sold

1987 Year of the Rabbit 5-Coin Set

1987 Year of the Rabbit 5-Coin Set (1.90 Oz. Total Gold) This set of 1987 Singapore gold Rabbit coins is Choice Uncirculated in the original mint packaging complete with a Certificate of Authenticity. Phone 1-573-334-1108 for Price

Singapore Lunar Year Larger Single Coins

The Singapore Lunar year coins listed below are in mint condition in the original mint packaging.

These coins are in mint condition in the original plastic.   1986 Year of the Tiger One Ounce Coin Phone 1-573-334-1108 for Price 1986 Year of the Tiger One-Half Ounce Gold Coin Phone 1-573-334-1108 for Price

 

1990 Year of the Horse One Ounce Gold Coin Phone 1-573-334-1108 for Price

Singapore Lunar Silver Rounds

Proof 1986 Silver 1 Troy Ounce Tiger This 38.7mm proof had a mintage of 10,000. Complete with Singapore Mint box and COA. $75.00

Proof 1986 Silver 5 Troy Ounce Tiger This 65mm proof had a mintage of 5,500. Complete with Singapore Mint box and COA. $350.00

Bezels For Singapore Lunar Year Gold Coins

Plain, Reeded Edge Bezel

Diamond Cut Bezel

Diamond Cut Rope Bezel

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Coin Type Plain R/E Dia. Cut D/C Rope 1/20 Ounce (13.92mm) Sold Out Sold Out $375.00 1/10 Ounce (17.95mm) Sold Out Sold Out $435.00 1/4 Ounce (22mm) Sold Out Sold Out $425.00 1/2 Ounce (30mm) Sold Out Sold Out Sold Out One Ounce (32.7mm) Sold Out Sold Out Sold Out

Singapore Lunar Year Gold Coin Specifications

Size	Diameter
1 Troy Ounce	32.05mm
1/2 Troy Ounce	26.94mm
1/4 Troy Ounce	21.94mm
1/10 Troy Ounce	17.95mm
1/20 Troy Ounce	13.94mm

Mintage Chart for Singapore Lunar Gold Coin Series

Year	Type	1/20 oz	1/10 oz	1/4 oz	1/2oz	1 oz
1984	Rat	5,000	5,000	2,500	2,500	None
1985	Ox	5,000	5,000	2,500	2,500	None
1986	Tiger	20,000	20,000	10,000	13,500	15,000
1987	Rabbit	8,000	8,000	8,000	8,000	10,000
1988	Dragon	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	15,000
1989	Snake	5,000	5,000	5,000	2,500	2,500
1990	Horse	30,000	15,000	5,000	5,000	5,000
1991	Ram	30,000	15,000	4,000	4,000	4,000
1992	Monkey	30,000	15,000	4,000	4,000	4,000
1993	Rooster	30,000	15,000	6,000	3,000	3,000
1994	Dog	15,000	10,000	6,000	3,000	3,000
1995	Pig	15,000	10,000	6,000	3,000	3,000

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