The Year Of The Dragon Silver Coin: A Collectors Dream

By Freda Watts


As part of the Australian lunar series, the Perth mint from Australia revealed a rare two thousand and one hundred and twenty fourth year of the dragon silver coin bullion one-ounce. Each of the money is minted with ninety-nine percent mineral, which is pure. In ancient China a dragon-symbolized power and nobleness, presently it represents success and happiness. Each of the years of the legendary mints is crafted expertly and captures the beauty and the spirit of the legend in detail.

The rarity of this antique is because only three hundred thousand of them will be minted. With the product limitation factor, the value of each individual vintage increases immensely. In addition, this antique will offer a legal tender status and a government guarantee of weight and purity ensuring all investors with peace of mind.

The vintage made from precious stones is a part of the lunar coins series and is the fifth in the series. The reverse of each of the legend stone vintages depicts a long, scaled, serpentine legend. This is a depiction of power, strength and good luck. It also includes an image of a pearl of wisdom. The inscription year of the dragon is also written, as is the Chinese character for dragon and a'p', which is the traditional Perth mint mintmark.

The obverse of each of the silver dragon coins displays Ian Rank- Broadley's effigy of her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth the second. However only the mintage of the one ounce legend's vintage is limited all other antiques have unlimited mintage.

The Chinese calendar dates back to twenty-six hundred B. C and is a twelve-year calendar. The calendar was a representation of mysticism and symbolism. An animal represents each of the Chinese years: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, ram, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. The animals are characterized with one of the five elements fire, water, wood, earth and metal. In every sixty years, an animal and element are combined. In ancient Chinese tradition, it was believed that the year a person was born in has a marked influence on them.

In the search for balance, the Chinese believed the legend to be a yang to the yin of the fenguang, which is the Chinese phoenix. The use of the Chinese lunar calendar is mostly for determining festivals but officially, china uses the Gregorian calendar.

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. The 2012 period of the legend began on 23 January.




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