8 Reasons to be Excited About Premium Bullion Gold Bars
- Jan 22, 2025
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So, what is a Premium Bullion bar and why should you be excited about this unique offering? From the design and theme to key characteristics, here are eight reasons why you may want to add it to your collection. But first, let’s explain what Premium Bullion is.
Investors choose to invest in gold bullion for many different reasons and we offer them various bullion products to select from. At a high level, bullion is made to demand, often in large quantities, and packaged in bulk.
With Premium Bullion, not only is there a limited mintage, but pieces are also specially handled along the entire manufacturing process and secured in custom themed packaging.
We took a new spin on this 2025 Premium Bullion offering and here’s why we’re excited about it.
This 10 g Lunar Year of the Snake bar is the Royal Canadian Mint’s first premium bullion in a form of a bar.
So, what is a Premium Bullion bar and why should you be excited about this unique offering? From the design and theme to key characteristics, here are eight reasons why you may want to add it to your collection. But first, let’s explain what Premium Bullion is.
Investors choose to invest in gold bullion for many different reasons and we offer them various bullion products to select from. At a high level, bullion is made to demand, often in large quantities, and packaged in bulk.
With Premium Bullion, not only is there a limited mintage, but pieces are also specially handled along the entire manufacturing process and secured in custom themed packaging.
We took a new spin on this 2025 Premium Bullion offering and here’s why we’re excited about it.
1. It’s a bar!
Premium bullion in special packaging products have become an annual offering ever since they were first introduced in 2021— but always as a coin. This is our first premium bullion offering in a bar format.
2. Purity & Size Matter
Each bar is crafted in 99.99% pure gold and struck in a new 10 g format! Up until late 2024, our gold bullion bars were only available in a 1 oz. format. This smaller size offers investors with a new way to own (and gift) pure gold.
3. Unique Serialization
Unlike bullion coins, bullion bars are typically engraved with a unique serial number. Serialization is one way to help to identify authenticity. Engraved in gold and woven into the serial number is also where you can locate the mintage of your bar.
4. Double the Security Marks
The same iconic laser-engraved security mark seen on our signature Gold and Silver Maple Leaf bullion coins is also on this 10 g 99.99% pure gold bar. Not once, but twice! Visible under magnification, the micro-engraved “25” (to mark the year 2025) confirms the authenticity of your investment.
5. Theme
The theme for this product is the Lunar Year of the Snake, but intuition tells us that you may have already guessed that. According to the Chinese Zodiac, the ruling sign for 2025 is the Wood Snake and its wisdom and intuition will guide us through the year.
6. Design
A proud Wood Snake is the focus of the design. Its shiny skin has patterns that resemble peony flowers and knots, which are considered traditional symbols of prosperity and eternity in China.
7. Secure Packaging
A stunning extra layer of security! Each 10 g gold bar is hermetically sealed in custom tamper-evident packaging that highlights the traditional gold and red of the Lunar New Year and helps to protect your investment.
8. Availability & Mintage
Unlike our standard bullion products, which are typically available to purchase from authorized dealers only, Premium Bullion products are available directly from us but only while supplies last. This 10 g Lunar Year of the Snake bar has a set mintage of only 3,888 bars worldwide.
In many cultures, the number “8” is thought to be luckiest. And though we’d love to share more than eight reasons why this new offering is so unique, we don’t want to spoil our luck, or yours. To discover even more about this Premium Bullion bar or to order yours now, click here.