A few weeks ago I did a coin post about frog coins. In that post I promised some info about why frogs are considered lucky in Japan. I still haven't gotten to that yet.... within the next few days—promise! In the meantime, today I'm going to now look at some cat coins. This time I did the luck post first, posting last week about [Maneki Neko][], the lucky beckoning cat from Japan. That info in mind, why not buy some cat coins and hope they come with some of Maneki Neko's luck? Here are a few you might like!

(Note, as usual I am going to use US websites for these coins since I guess most of my readers are in the US. But if you live elsewhere, doing a Google search for the coin name + your country + "coin shop", or some variation of that, might help you find them)


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Let's start with this one...

**2023 2 oz Sabre-tooth Cat Silver Coin - Ice Age**

Because every little kitty still thinks of themselves as a vicious tiger, or at least they act like it. This fierce image is a nice one. And this 2oz coin is still fairly close to spot. 

![](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/dbooster/23zm5BdvkyAttp6m2B3HgFn6tGNgNDDuh8bbJzwq6sf1CuBJsTt7bW2QGeQGY3ZBrbYFE.png)

[Get it here](https://sdbullion.com/2023-2-oz-sabre-tooth-cat-silver-coin)

**1/2 oz Egyptian Cat Goddess Bastet Silver Round**

Too bad it's only a half ounce, but I love the design. Cats have never really gotten over being worshipped in ancient Egypt, have they? They *still* want us to worship them. 

![](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/dbooster/23tbktM2FfhtPUxxzhpCBUppbzemRvhkSFFywdNXgGCjQ3vv3E9YK91jqSWfZiW3T6ueT.png)

[Get it here](https://silvergoldbull.com/1-2-oz-monarch-precious-metals-egyptian-cat-goddess-bastet-silver-round#)

**1 oz Colorized Black Cat**

As I always say, I usually don't like colorized coins. But they only use black and white here and it does make for a nice minimalist image. I dig it. 

![](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/dbooster/244A8kxPYj2PXxsFE8SjxqfcRNoTBV5DgkQd4oeQfYeKAt7oXWL8kpzRyZRMP4UiZ3Q5H.png)

[Get it here](https://www.apmex.com/product/172984/1-oz-silver-colorized-round-apmex-black-cat)

**2.5 ox Hand-Poured Maneki Neko**

And we'll end with the lucky cat which I talked about in [that post][maneki neko]. It's a little expensive, coming in at around 90-95 bucks, but this would be a great one to get if you want some luck!

![](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/dbooster/245nA3ENXT51rNSs82yETiAo2SMJ6wTPR3UWQmy49StMNX6JqhbPeTGiExjWcWXQCJ5Ds.png)

[Get it here](https://www.jmbullion.com/2-5-oz-mk-barz-hand-poured-lucky-cat-silver-bar/).

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Well there you go. There are more I see, but those are some of the nicer ones I see. Let me know if you have any more. I do! I have this nice Garfield coin I got a while ago:

![](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/dbooster/EoGySgbhbhGZSt9Q5dYTHtbAu5Lka8gg9Rk8UE3Q9Uv9bGTecZAABQX2saEGX6QKQjL.jpeg)

Now whether a lazy, fat, lasagna-loving cat is lucky is debatable...

[Maneki Neko]: https://peakd.com/hive-140084/@dbooster/maneki-neko-the-lucky-beckoning-cat

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