2020 $10 Eight Protectors - Goddess Of Mercy 5oz Silver Copper Coin

The 8 Protectors are a group of 8 Buddhist deities that serve as the protectors of the 12 zodiac animals it is associated with along with the people born in that animal year. Among the eight, four guards the four cardinal directions while the other four guard the four semi-directions.

The design highlights the bodhisattva as the focal point on the reverse with many of the thousand hands with title surrounding the character. While the obverse features a “bagua/8 symbols” with a wheel of 12 zodiac animals, with the Rat highlighted as the animal the bodhisattva is protecting in the year 2020, finished with a round shaped yin-yang as the backdrop for the legal tender.

The coin comes together with a specially designed certificate of authenticity where its serial number will continue to run from the previous series enclosed in a carefully thought-out thematic packaging box, designed and filled with details.

Coin Highlights:

• First release in the The Eight Protectors series features The Goddess of Mercy with One Thousand Hands
• Struck from 5oz of 99.9% pure silver using a new minting technique called “Bi-Metal Plus” , that combines 28.5oz of copper in between two layers of silver, resulting in a 120mm super ultra high relief coin
• Extremely limited mintage of just 199 coins worldwide
• Niue legal tender