The Perth mint of Australia unveiled a rare and extremely anticipated two thousand and twelve year of the dragon silver coin bullion one-ounce coin. This coin is a part of the Australian lunar series two. Each of the coins is minted from ninety-nine percent pure silver. The Chinese legend depicts power and nobility in ancient china and today symbolizes happiness and success. Each of the twenty twelve special mineral vintages is exquisitely crafted and captures the legend's spirit in stunning detail.
These mints are extremely rare as only three hundred thousand of them were minted. The product of limitation during making duplicates the value factor of each individual vintage. They are further attractive due to a government guarantee of weight and purity and this assures collectors.
The lunar type of series two features the silver legend two-ounce coin as a fifth part of the series. With an image of the scaly, long and snakelike legend on the asset, it also holds the wisdom pearls image on it. The Chinese inscription of the legend character, an inscription on the year of the dragon and a 'P' which represent the Perth mintmark are represented on the asset too.
The face of the valuable legend mints bears an effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the second by Ian Rank-Broadley. The only limited mintage of these vintages are the one ounce year of the legend vintage all other sizes have unlimited mintage.
With the Chinese calendar dating back to twenty six hundred B. C, it embodies plenty of mystery and is symbolic. It is a twelve-year calendar and an animal represents each. The rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, ram, monkey, rooster, dog and pig represent the years. The five key elements represent the year's fire, earth and water, wood and metal. An animal and an element are combined every sixty years. In Chinese tradition, it was believed that a person drew influence from the period in which they were born.
In Chinese mythology, the legend is considered to be the yang, however the counterpart a yin fenguang (Chinese phoenix). However, although officially the Chinese use the Gregorian calendar the lunar dates are still used to find out festivals.
In nineteen ninety-six the original series started with gold vintage but in nineteen ninety-nine the valuable vintage series was unveiled. The mint over a period added in size to each of the series. The twenty twelve second series was unveiled with the ten kilo, one kilo, ten oz, five oz, one oz and half oz.
The Perth's mint lunar series is now in its second series. The first series featured the two thousand one ounce year of the dragon silver coin. The first series ended in two thousand and seven with the issuance of the period of the pig vintages. The legend is considered as the ultimate doer, is a supernatural being of celestial power, and is greatly cherished in Chinese culture.
These mints are extremely rare as only three hundred thousand of them were minted. The product of limitation during making duplicates the value factor of each individual vintage. They are further attractive due to a government guarantee of weight and purity and this assures collectors.
The lunar type of series two features the silver legend two-ounce coin as a fifth part of the series. With an image of the scaly, long and snakelike legend on the asset, it also holds the wisdom pearls image on it. The Chinese inscription of the legend character, an inscription on the year of the dragon and a 'P' which represent the Perth mintmark are represented on the asset too.
The face of the valuable legend mints bears an effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the second by Ian Rank-Broadley. The only limited mintage of these vintages are the one ounce year of the legend vintage all other sizes have unlimited mintage.
With the Chinese calendar dating back to twenty six hundred B. C, it embodies plenty of mystery and is symbolic. It is a twelve-year calendar and an animal represents each. The rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, ram, monkey, rooster, dog and pig represent the years. The five key elements represent the year's fire, earth and water, wood and metal. An animal and an element are combined every sixty years. In Chinese tradition, it was believed that a person drew influence from the period in which they were born.
In Chinese mythology, the legend is considered to be the yang, however the counterpart a yin fenguang (Chinese phoenix). However, although officially the Chinese use the Gregorian calendar the lunar dates are still used to find out festivals.
In nineteen ninety-six the original series started with gold vintage but in nineteen ninety-nine the valuable vintage series was unveiled. The mint over a period added in size to each of the series. The twenty twelve second series was unveiled with the ten kilo, one kilo, ten oz, five oz, one oz and half oz.
The Perth's mint lunar series is now in its second series. The first series featured the two thousand one ounce year of the dragon silver coin. The first series ended in two thousand and seven with the issuance of the period of the pig vintages. The legend is considered as the ultimate doer, is a supernatural being of celestial power, and is greatly cherished in Chinese culture.
