The Lunar Series II collection of silver bullion coins from the Perth Mint concluded in 2019 with the Year of the Pig designs. Featuring distinctive designs for each of the gold and silver coins, the mint also made unique proof coins available and special privy mark collections. Now, the 2019 1 oz Silver Australian Lunar Pig Lion Privy Coin is available to you for purchase online at Silver.com.
Coin Highlights:
- Coin ships to you inside of a protective plastic capsule or a sealed roll of 20 coins!
- Twelfth and final issue in the Silver Lunar Series II collection from the Perth Mint!
- Mintage limited to 30,000 coins only!
- Consists of One Troy ounce of .9999 fine silver in BU condition.
- Issued a face value of $1 (AUD) by Australia.
- Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse.
- Year of the Pig design and Lion Privy mark on the reverse.
Lunar Series II picked up right where the Lunar Series I collection left off. The Perth Mint’s lunar series coins follow the exact 12-year cycle of the Zodiac, which starts with the Year of the Mouse and ends with the Year of the Pig. When the Lunar Series I collection ended in 2007, the Perth Mint launched a brand-new Lunar Series II collection.
The final year of availability for the Lunar Series II coins came in 2019 with the Year of the Pig designs. Created by Ing Ing Jong, these silver coins had a depiction of a family of pigs while the gold coins had the image of just one pig.
Queen Elizabeth II is on the obverse face of all of the 2019 1 oz Silver Australian Lunar Pig Lion Privy Coins. This is the fifth-generation portrait of the Queen on Australian coins and was designed in 1998 by Ian Rank-Broadley. This effigy was used for the final time on an Australian coin with the release of the 2019 Year of the Pig coins. Other bullion coins at the Perth Mint had switched to the Jody Clark design in 2019, but the mint maintained this design on the Lunar Series II collection all coins in the series from start to finish had the same obverse.
A sow and her four young piglets are featured in the reverse design element of the 2019 1 oz Silver Australian Lunar Pig Lion Privy Coin. Along with the mother pig and her piglets in this design field is a Lion Privy mark depicting an adult male lion with a large mane.
These 2019 1 oz Silver Australian Lunar Pig Lion Privy Coins are available to you for purchase with an individual protective plastic capsule or a sealed roll of 20 coins. Each individual coin is in Brilliant Uncirculated condition.
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