Royal Mint 2016 Year of Monkey Coin Collection

In anticipation for Chinese new year the Royal Mint has released the third coin in its Lunar Year coin series. This is the first in the series to use the new fifth portrait by Jody Clark of Queen Elizabeth II.

Bad news if you were trying to collect all 12 lunar years as both the PNC Coin and the One Ounce Gold Plated Silver Coin have been discontinued. In their place are two new coins A Tenth-Ounce Gold BU and a One Kilo Silver Proof.

	Denomination	Metal	Weight	Diameter	Mintage
One Ounce Silver Proof	£2	.999 Silver	31.21g	38.61mm	8,054
One Ounce Silver PNC Proof	£2	.999 Silver	31.21g	38.61mm	2,016
Five Ounce Silver Proof	£10	.999 Silver	156.295g	65.00mm	588
One Kilo Silver Proof	£500	.999 Silver	1005g	100mm	88
Tenth Ounce Gold BU	£10	.999 Gold	3.13g	16.5mm	1,888
One Ounce Gold Proof	£100	.999 Gold	31.21g	32.6mm	888*
Five Ounce Gold Proof	£500	.999 Gold	56.29g	65mm	38
One Kilo Gold Proof	£1000	.999 Gold	1005g	100mm	8

*858 were sold by the Royal Mint and 30 sold by APMEX