The Pandora jewelry line was started 30 years ago by Per and Winnie Enevoldsen, since then they have expanded their business across the world. In 2000, Pandora introduced their famous charm bracelet collection with a grand total of 15 charms, and have since then grown to offer more than 600! For those of us who have not been collecting Pandora for that long and have recently gotten addicted, here is a list of the “rarest” charms and charms that were either limited or country exclusive. Please add anything I’ve missed to the comments and I will edit this page.
Most Exclusive
- Perfume bottle with “PAN” engraved on the bead instead of the more common “Ŏ”. This has a funny provenance and is something of an urban legend in the Pandora community. Some admins on the Pandora Facebook have said that the perfume charm used to come with “PAN” engraved and subsequently changed the engraving to “Ŏ”. Then again, I’ve heard some ladies adamantly deny the existence of these charms. Pandora mystery…I’ve found a picture of it, but I’ve never seen anyone admit to owning one. If you have one, you’re one lucky girl!
- Royal Denmark Church/Cathedral charm with a gold crown and ’14-5 2004′ engraved on the bottom. This was a limited edition (~3,500 charms) release in Denmark to commemorate the wedding of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Mary Donaldson. Incredibly rare and I only recently discovered this charm, and I would love to get one! There is also a church charm available that does not have the gold crown and engraving on the bottom – but that one has also been retired (of course it’s still easier to find than the other cathedral charm).
- Royal True Love charm is red enamel hearts with crowns dangle that was released in 2008 to commemorate the second marriage of Prince Joachim of Denmark to Marie Cavallier. The limited edition version of this charm has their wedding date engraved on the charm ’24/5 2008′, while the widely available hearts dangle does not.
- “Holy grail” charm which is a teal pearl dangle, that looks exactly like the Daisy Teal CZ dangle (except for the CZ it’s a pearl). These are rare as well, but I figure since I have the Daisy Teal CZ, it looks basically the same, so I don’t feel the drive to get this one [as much]
. The charm was retired because the teal pearl tended to lose its color very quickly, so because of the defect, Pandora discontinued making this dangle with a pearl. - “Christ” charm, made for Christ Jewellers located in Germany; I’m pretty sure I’ve gone on and on about these, but it’s worth highlighting here! These little gems are two-toned open heart dangle that hangs off-centered. It’s much prettier in person than I expected as I’m not a huge fan of hearts. I’ve heard that there were only ~1,000 of these made (but it seems like there are more), so if you really want one, I’d snag it if you can!
- Pandora “Life” staff charm – these look like a cross between a giraffe, a lion, and a bee. The three animals that represent Pandora’s values – the lion for Pride, the giraffe for Passion and the bumblebee for Performance and was handed out sometime last year for Pandora staff employees. They’re adorable! This was definitely my ultimate charm, so I was very happy to get my hands on this little guy.
- 2012 Unforgettable Pandora Cruise charm, which is the King’s Crown engraved with “Cruise 2012.” I just got this one from the cruise! It was in the swag bag along with some other great items.
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Country-Exclusive
- Blue Primrose Path charm is on the top of this list! Only available in Germany, I believe these just got retired in 2010, so it’s not as limited as the charms above are, but try to get someone to part with one and you will be paying a pretty penny. These are the same as the widely available Clear, Orange, and Brown Primrose Path (all CZs).
- Canadian Maple Leaf Charm is a white enamel charm with two red maple leaves on either side. This was only released in Canada and peaked in popularity for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. It’s the perfect symbol for Canada and is difficult to find. Beware that the white enamel tends to yellow with time and mostly UV exposure.
- Royal Wedding charm which is a puffy heart with a “sapphire” stone and C & W engraved on the back available only in England and Australia to commemorate the royal wedding of William and Catherine (affectionately known as Kate). The blue stone (which is not actually sapphire, it’s a blue spinel) is to symbolize Diana’s incredible sapphire engagement ring and has tremendous meaning to the happy couple.
- Midnight Hearts charm is two-toned and has black enamel hearts on 3 sides and a gold heart engraved with ’2011′ on one side. It was only released in the US for black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving in America where all the stores open early and have massive sales in order to entice shoppers in the door and their accounts back in the black).
- Hong Bao (“red envelope”) charm is exactly like the silver money bag charm (engraved with a $) except it’s engraved with “福” (fu) which means blessings and good fortune in Chinese. Released to celebrate the Lunar New Year, this charm was only available in Asian countries at the beginning of its release but can now found in Central Europe and Australia as well.
- Snake zodiac dangle with CZ is currently only available in Asian countries released for the Year of the Snake (2013). Exactly the same design as the regular snake zodiac dangle, except with a line of cubic zirconia along the belly of the snake.
- Family ties charm is a silver charm engraved with laughing faces all around the bead and a red enamel heart in the middle and is only available in the UK. Originally, this was released briefly in Denmark in 2009 for charity (possibly the Indsamling organization), and the remaining charms that were not sold during the benefit was shipped to the UK. This one is being retired so will be kind of hard to find in stores, but it goes for a whopping £150 (~$235 USD) retail and it’s entirely silver! This one…I have a hard time shelling out the bucks for. But recently it was revealed that the FTC was originally sold for 225DKK which is about $40USD which is a price increase of almost 6 times! So Pandora (amongst lots of controversy) decided to refund the difference for customers who purchased this charm along with a £50 gift voucher. Impressive!
- Puzzle piece enamel dangle, looks just like it sounds. This is available in red, yellow, and blue and I’m not sure it was ever carried in the US stores. The puzzle piece was not released for Autism Awareness but they are a certainly appropriate symbol for the cause. These can still be found in Europe and Australia.
- Dice – this bead is retired in the US but is currently only available for retail sale in Las Vegas. Comes in silver, gold with diamonds or black diamonds which are Las Vegas exclusives and has been retired in the summer of 2012.
- Pandora Timebead. Timebead is in itself a brand and makes thread-on and clip-on watch faces; they have made these watch faces for Chamilia, Pandora, and other charm bracelet lines. The ones made for Pandora were only available in Belgium and have since been retired, they came in white, black, blue, pink, and yellow (some plain silver and some encrusted with CZs). For all you ladies who hate having to wear a watch with your bracelets, this is a great solution (if only it were more widely available!).
- (American) Football Helmet charm – this is a North American exclusive charm which makes sense because football is very popular in the US while not so much in the rest of the world.
- Oxi Two-Tone spacer – This spacer was only available for a limited time, and was found mainly in Germany (and randomly, Singapore). It’s very pretty and is quite hefty for a spacer. Priced originally at €49 which is a bit on the high side for a spacer, but I guess the gold increases the cost.
- Oxi Two-Tone pendant – this pendant matches the spacer ^, and both look very much like a shield, but the pendant has a pink rhodolite gem in the middle. I believe this one was only available in Belgium/Germany and has already been retired.
- Cricket Bat dangle is an Australian exclusive (and also found in Singapore), and while I barely know about the game, I think this charm is so cute with the ball threading onto the bracelet and the bat as a dangle. This country exclusive came out recently with the Floral Nostalgia collection.
- Baseball is mainly a North American exclusive (and also North Ireland and Singapore), much like the cricket bat is in Australia, baseball is a popular game in the states, but not in a lot of other places. I wonder if the baseball is the equivalent charm to the cricket bat dangle for the US.
- 2012 Olympic Medal is part of the UK-inspired, Best of British collection and was released in June to celebrate the 2012 Olympic games taking place in London. While the other two charms from the Best of British collection has been released world-wide, the medal has been exclusive to the UK and what is called the Central European market. The medal was suddenly discontinued the week before the 2012 London Olympic games and stocks of this charm were quickly depleted.
- Purple zebra print Murano was secretly unveiled in the Australian market following the world-wide released of the Tame the Wild animal print Muranos collection. Pandora has confirmed that these are limited edition charms, and should become available in the Central European market as well in the near future. These Muranos have made their way to the UK but only to a limited number of stores.
- A Precious Gift charm was unveiled on Black Friday 2012 as a limited edition charm available only in North America. This is the second year that Pandora has released a special charm for the US shopping tradition and I hope it is continued in future!
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- Courtesy of Hyunin C. Chung
Charity Charms
- Randers-Frogs were made for a local hospital charity event in 2003 in the town of Randers, Denmark called “Kiss the Frog”. The locals decorated frogs as big as statues and placed them around the town and then the statues were then sold at auctions (similar to an event they had in Seattle called Pigs on Parade). The Pandora Randers-Frogs look exactly like the statues, and the bead was only sold in the town of Randers. These are not like the current frog charm that Pandora currently offers, it’s a completely different type of frog design. I’ve only ever seen these once, so they’re very rare!
- Danmarks Indsamling charms, which is a collection of Danish companies to benefit charities in Africa, and Pandora as part of the group has released limited edition indsamling charms which there have been three so far.
- In 2009, this was the Family Ties charm (see above) in silver and 14K gold.
- For 2010 AND 2011, it was female (Venus) symbol as the 2010-2011 benefit was to help African women (these came in silver and gold), for 2010 it only came with the red lariat, but for 2011 it came with the black, green, and red lariats to represent the African colors. I hadn’t wanted this for a long time because I thought it was too big to fit on a bracelet, but now I’m really digging it! They seem to be awfully popular right now so I hope I can find one at some point :/.
- For 2012, it is a feather dangle which was released on February 16, 2012, to benefit African children (again, silver and two-toned), because the feather symbolizes how adrift these children are, with no anchor and gets tossed around with the wind.
- The female symbols are hard to find, and if history is any indication, the feather will be too. These charms are only released in Denmark, so it’s lucky for us that Perlen carried them and was willing to ship it out of the country.
- Lucerne clips, which looks like the lucerne dangle (which got retired this past season) is a symbol of good health and which proceeds go towards the fight against Breast Cancer, was released in European cities and Australia.
- One World Health charm, which is a two-tone dangle with a teardrop clear CZ. I wasn’t super interested in this at first, but after seeing it in person, it is just gorgeous! These were available in North America only.
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- Courtesy of Lea Christensen
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- Courtesy of Lea Christensen – 925 ALE marking
Limited Edition
Some charms listed above are also in this category, so I won’t duplicate the description.
- Midnight Hearts
- One World Health
- Danmarks Indsamling (2009-2012)
- Lucerne clips
- Royal Wedding Charm
- Lunar New Year charms 2012
- Christ Charm
- Church/Cathedral Charm
- True Love with inscription
- Wine charm dangles, these came in amethyst and peridot (for red and white wine) bead dangle attached to a silver grape cluster. Only available for a limited time in the US, it was more widely released in Europe and Australia. These are gorgeous and I was able to get the green wine charm, to go with my bracelet theme.
- 14K Destiny Charm, in 2011 Pandora celebrated the 10th Anniversary of introducing their popular bracelet; the piece is 14K gold with .12ct diamonds and is still available.
- 14K 25th Anniversary Charm, celebrates 25 years of Pandora. This charm is 14K gold with .25 diamonds and has been retired.
- 2012 Olympic medal
- Purple Zebra print Murano
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- 25th Anniversary charm
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- 14K Destiny Charm
Retired and Sought After
- Spotty Muranos – these came in 10 amazing colors! About 2/3 are retired and very hard to find, and 1/3 are still hanging around some stores. The ones that are still [kind of] available are the ones more milky in coloring. I’ve heard that the spots do fall off for some people. I guess you just have to be careful with these.
- Ram
- Mouse
- Rhino
- Dinosaur/Dragon – labeled differently on different sites, but looks more like a dinosaur to me.
- Cola can
- Cell-phone
- Mushroom
- Lion’s head (with yellow eyes)
- Princess and the Pea
- HCA Hat – celebrating Hans Christian Anderson 200 year anniversary.
- Thimble
- Perfume bottle (regular one)
- Zodiac charms (silver beads)
- Chinese characters (silver beads)
- Bear head
- Church
- Ugly duckling
- Chicken little/hen
- Snail
- Sideways elephant and fish
- Spotty headed penguin
- Eight ball
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- Courtesy of Cilia van Zal
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- Courtesy of Dian Prahesti Intan Sutanto
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- Courtesy of a charms addict
What’s interesting is that Pandora has recently brought back a few of the retired charms including: hopi bead, horse head, strawberry, and oxy swirl. This would be fantastic if Pandora brings back some of the other retired beads that are wildly popular, some currently goes for more than $100 and are still very difficult to find. I guess we’ll have to wait and see 
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I have one you haven’t mention… it might not be sought after but it is retired..its the Genesis grape with Rhodolite,#790477RHG. I wanted it to stand for mother hood. to me it looks like a womb with a littleone growning. Love your blog ,Karen
Thanks for the suggestion, Karen! I’ll add it to the retired charms list.
The Lucerne charm is available in the US currently, perhaps you meant the clips were only available in Europe. Thanks for all the wonderful information, I work at a concept store and enjoy seeing charms I have heard about, but have never seen.
Pam
Pam – yes, I did mention that it was the clips that were not available in the US and they look exactly like the Lucerne flower on the dangle. Thanks for the clarification!
Hi the One World Health Charm was also available in Canada as well….we both fall under Pandora North America which is in the US. The Maple Leaf has been the only charm that Canada got that the US didn’t because it was made specifically for Canada. That is why we didn’t get the Royal Wedding Charm…the US does not fall under the Monarchy…even though Canada does the US did not push for the charm.
My bad – I’ll change it to North America!
Hi Leann. Thank you for such a wonderful blog! The feather from Denmark was released on January 16, 2012 and I have read somewhere that the silver one has already sold out.
Susan
I know that the Canada charm was only released in Canada but it’s not hard to find – in Canada. Every store I’ve been to in my city (Ottawa) that sells Pandora, concept store or other, has plenty of the Canada charm. Sells for $99 Canadian dollar.
I’ve seen many requests on the facebook page for a list of retired and rare charms – this is a great idea that they can now come here to whet their appetite for the search!
Thanks, Sheila! Please feel free to direct others here for the information. I’m not allowed to “promote” my blog on Pandora’s FB page
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I was going to suggest that Pandora make a “note” on facebook with a list of all the retired charms and photos. I find it really fun to learn the names of charms that are retired, and in which countries they are still available. Will you make a more complete list of all the retired charms?
I’m going to work on it…I just got a copy of the 2008 catalog so look for it soon!
hi, i would love it if you were able to put codes with the charms listed above so i can find pictures of them online. thanks k
I’m working on it
. I’ll keep adding to the lists, so make sure to check back!
also, please note the silver dice is available in australia & nz. the 14k dice are las vegas only
The silver dice charm, in the US, is a “destination charm” and is only available in LasVegas and Atlantic City. I got mine just last week from Vegas.
Hi the dice in silver and 14k are available all over Europe.
I would love to buy the newly released 2012 Dragon dangle charm released in Asian markets only.
Hi,
I know your post is old…
But I just noticed a 2012 dangle dragon charm on eBay.com.au. It is paired with the money bag with Chinese characters. 270950196097. They are expensive – $260 in total.
A lot of people have been able to “source” them from Asia (gotten someone to buy them from Asia) and have been reselling them on the secondary market. But they are not available for retail sale except in Asia. Hope that clears up the confusion
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Hi Sheila Holmes, if you can get one of the Canada charms I would be keen on it for my collection. Cheers
HI Kayleen,
I can get you one of the Canadian Charms if you would like. The pandora store by me has them.
Also retired are: lucky eight ball, bear head, wide & narrow, chicken, moonscape, cathedral ceiling, spotted penguin
I’ll add it to the list! Thanks, Trudy.
I work in retail for Pandora. The puzzle pieces and the “family ties” were intended for US distribution, to benefit the Autism Society. But, an agreement could not be reached between their organization and Pandora, so the charms were never available in the US.
Wow, thanks for the insight, Claire! Did not know that. Too bad it didn’t work out…I wonder why.
Is there a church charm that does not have gold engraving? Is it retired/rare?
Thank you!
Hi Beth, yes there is a church charm with out the gold and engraving, it is now a retired bead.
The church charm is still available in OZ.
Hi, Does anyone know the code for the Oxi Two-Tone spacer that is only avliable in Germany or even better does anyone have one i can buy.
Sorry for the late response! Here is a link to the two-tone oxi spacer
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Hi – there is another site that you can order the spacer. They do ship worldwide. I live in the US and shipping is about $40, but you get goodies. I received 3 catalogues, a pen, a large polishing cloth and a lanyard. That helped me to justify the shipping costs. They have super quick shipping – about 4 hrs after I ordered it. I received it in a week. I recommend them! Good luck!
Hi Leann, thanks for that also do you know the product code for the silver female charm, it looks lovely.
The silver dice is available still in the uk. My local shop has them, £25 each. I have one my dad bought me.
Thanks Cat, I have just ordered one, now I am on the hunt for the female (venus) charm. If anyone can help with code or where to get one that would be great.
Thanks for this, Leann! I already knew some of this from the FB page but this definitely fills the gaps in my knowledge. Thought I’d share this about the “PAN” perfume bottle (which I recently purchased even though I promised myself I’d hold off on buying anything until the March promo, it was just too adorable!) – check out this link I found online to a FB post where Charlotte does admit that earlier different versions existed. She doesn’t exactly specify the “PAN” version but I think this is enough to help clear up the “mystery” – or does it just add to it, lol?!
Excellent, Sharon! Thanks for the link – I knew I’d seen it somewhere
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The 2010 Venus/Female charm came in all gold on a brown lariet with gold tips I do have a stock photo if you want it?
Sure, Emma! That would be great
– please send me an email at leann(at)charmsaddict.com. Thanks!
Hi. Any idea where I might find the holy grail charm? Also looking for price, if its retired if so how long been retired? Thank u!
I would try eBay or one of the Pandora groups on Facebook – I believe it was released in 2008 and then retired because the pearl would discolor. Good luck!
Hi I am new to the Pandora community and I’m already loving it. My question is does anyone know where I can buy the perfume bottle charm. I love it but I cannot find it anywhere. I know it is retired but if someone could tell me a trustworthy place I could get one that would be great.
I believe they’re still available in Europe and Australia – you could try and find someone to help you on the Pandora groups (e.g. Pandora Freedom) on Facebook. Good luck!
Does anyone know where I can get the perfume bottle charm? I would be ok with either style. Thanks!!!
Great article you got here
but the female symbol never came out in two-tone like the feather. Only all silver or all gold.
Good catch, Joana! I’ve changed it – I was thinking of the feather.
Thanks, Joana – I edited the page
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Actually the Blue Primrose Path came out in Sweden as well, not just Germany!
So, two countries to search in lol 
My jeweller remember having it, and said it was much more beautiful in real life. Putting my hope to Swedish ebay that it will turn up someday:)
They are going for crazy prices these days! Good luck, Linda!
I agree with Linda’s jeweller the Blue Primrose Path is absolutely beautiful in real life, mine is such a lovely blue it takes pride of place in my colection
Ok so I was able to find the perfume bottle
Ms. Becky Bello helped me out on that one (thanks for your advice by the way). However she wasn’t able to find me the other retired charm I was looking for. After asking about it on Facebook a lady suggested this website to get it from. So my question is if this website sells authentic Pandora charms? Here’s the link.
Thanks in advance!!
Yes, Perlen is fantastic! I buy most of my charms there
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Help, where can I find perfume bottle, canada charm, royal wedding.
Thanks
June – Andreia Cardoso on Facebook is in Portugal and they still have the perfume bottle there, she’s been helping a lot of ladies. Canada charm might still be available from charmjunction.ca, and the royal wedding charm is available in the UK and Australia – Rachel Johns helped me get mine from Australia. Hope that helps!
Thx for the info. What are the prices.
Thx again
Us dollars
I don’t know for the perfume bottle or RCW – I would ask those ladies on Facebook. Canada charm I believe is $99 CAD which is close to being on par with USD. I would checkout the website to be sure.
Yes, Charms Junction still has the Canada bead. I ordered it yesterday afternoon and received it this morning via FedEx. It looks very nice! They also have a huge selection of retired charms as well. I got the grape/amethyst dangle for my purple bracelet.
Can anyone please help, I am trying to find the female symbol (venus) charm, I have the family ties and feather charms so would like the venus to complete the set
Does anyone know how much the clown and perfume bottle retail for usd? Thanks
I just got the clown from Mexico and it is $30USD, perfume bottle I can’t remember…I think I got mine around $40ish.
I found a Canada charm with free bracelet.
Still need perfume bottle and royal wedding.
Rachel doesn’t have anyome :0(
June I may be able to help you with one of those beads if you would like.
Thanks Leann. I bought both the clown and perfume bottle today and got a free bracelet. The clown was $30 and the perfume bottle was $45. Thanks again.
Where did u buy the perfume
June – I got mine from a lady in Australia.
There has been a new release of a cricket bat charm in Australia. I was told that it will only be available here.
Yes! Very excited; I bought one and it’s in the mail. I’ll add it to the list once I get it and take some pictures. Thanks, Kim
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Just saw the baseball today! It is so much cuter in real life!
Do you have a picture of the sideways elephant?
Hi Pam, in the retired section, there’s a picture of the elephant in the middle picture of the last row; it’s next to the 8 ball and swan.
The sideways elephant is still available in OZ in Pandora stores.
Warning – eBay Oz is full of replica Pandora
Au$35 approx equals US$36.
Hi – anyone know what the price was of the Midnight hearts charm when it came out?
Hi Jane – it was $90USD + tax.
Thanks Leann
First, I would like to say that I love your site! I have just started my Pandora bracelet (since March) and have learned so much. In reading about the different charms, I love the feather dangle and what it represents. Since I am in the US, how would I go about getting this charm?
Hi Dee Dee – the feather was a limited edition charm released in Denmark for the annual charity that the country holds for 2012. It was only available for a few weeks back in February. Now you’ll have to find it on eBay or one of the Pandora selling/trading groups
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Just giving you some info about the Danish Royal Wedding church. There were 3647 copies made if this bead, not 1000
Wow! With that many out there, I hope someone will sell me one!! Lol!
I would love the Danish Royal wedding charm, Royal true love charm with date and the staff charm to complete my HTF bracelet, hope I get my dream charms one day
The baseball charm and the cricket bat are both avalible in Europe
Gilletts Jewellers in Australia seems to have quite a few retired beads in stock. Anyone have any experience placing orders with them?
They’re a very reputable jeweler; they don’t ship outside Australia though, so if you’re abroad you’ll have to find an Australian friend to order for you
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You can still purchase the “Canadian Maple Leaf” charm at Pandora stores in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (the capital of Canada). I got mine last year and it is beautiful. I especially will wear it on Canada Day July 1st.
Do you know anywhere I can buy online? And what’s the price? I went to charmjunction and their price has doubled in 2 weeks. Got paid Friday and now I cant afford it again.