On January 13, at 22:00 and 22:30 tonight, reservations for the 2026 Lunar New Year commemorative coins and banknotes commenced respectively. Shortly thereafter, the topic #Year of the Horse Commemorative Coin Reservation# surged to the number one spot on the Weibo hot search list, while the topic "Year of the Horse Commemorative Coin: Impossible to Get" climbed to second place; other related trending topics included #GrabTheHorseCoin# and #HorseCoin#.

Some netizens expressed frustration, stating that the page continuously displayed a loading message, and by the time it finally loaded, the available quota had already dropped to zero.

Other users reported that upon attempting to submit their reservation, they were met with a message indicating the system was overwhelmed due to high traffic.

An actual test confirmed that reservations for commemorative coins and banknotes at multiple banks were completely snapped up within mere seconds.