The Perth Mint’s Lunar Series coins are offered in gold, silver, and platinum bullion each year, with the latter coin option added in 2020 for the debut of the Lunar Series III collection. The Perth Mint’s series follows the exact cycle of the Zodiac, running from the Year of the Mouse in the first year to the Year of the Pig in the 12th year. Today, 2021 1/4 oz Gold Australian Lunar Ox Coins are available to you online at Silver.com.
Coin Highlights:
- Available to ship to you in protective acrylic capsules and sealed rolls of 20 coins!
- Second year of issue in the Lunar Series III collection from the Perth Mint!
- Mintages are unlimited into 2021!
- Consists of One-Quarter Troy ounce of .9999 fine gold in BU condition.
- The face value of $25 (AUD) is fully backed by the Australian government.
- On the obverse side of the coin is an image of Queen Elizabeth II.
- The reverse bears a depiction of the ox.
- Designed by Ing Ing Jong.
The Zodiac follows the same 12-year cycle each time through and offers representative animals for each of the 12 individual years. These animals include, in order, the mouse, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig. The animals appear in this order because of each one’s arrival to a meeting with the Jade Emperor.
All of the 2021 1/4 oz Gold Australian Lunar Ox Coins available to purchase here today come in Brilliant Uncirculated condition. The coins are available to you individually inside of protective acrylic capsules or in multiples of 20 with sealed rolls from the Perth Mint.
On the obverse side of 2021 1/4 oz Gold Australian Lunar Ox Coins, you will find an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen’s effigy here is the sixth-generation portrait for Australian coins. In this image, the Queen is set in right-profile relief with the George IV State Diadem Crown on her head, a piece of the Crown Jewels commissioned by King George IV during the first year of his reign.
The reverse face of the 2021 Gold Australian Lunar Ox Coins comes with a depiction of the ox. This powerful male ox in this design stands amidst bamboo stalks. Oxen are bovines that were domesticated by humans as far back as 6,000 years ago to work in agricultural societies towing plows and hauling materials in carts.
Founded in 1899, the Perth Mint was the third branch facility of the Royal Mint of England. The mint is the only remaining operational mint from that system and is now owned by the state government of Western Australia.
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