2020 $5 Lunar Year of the Rat 1oz Silver Proof Domed Coin

2020 $5 Lunar Year of the Rat 1oz Silver Proof Domed Coin

2020 heralds the beginning of a new twelve year cycle in the Chinese Lunar Calendar with the Year of the Rat.

The Rat is the first sign of the twelve-year lunar calendar: this reflects the traditional story of how the Jade Emperor had the twelve animals of the zodiac race across a river to decide what order they would go in. Clever Rat hitched a ride on the strong Ox and managed to come first.This coin celebrates the smart outgoing and sensitive people born under this Zodiac sign.

This select $5 silver domed coin celebrates the 2020 Year of the Rat in the Chinese lunar calendar.

The Chinese Zodiac, Sheng Xiao, has its basis in a twelve-year cycle. Each year is represented by one of the twelve animals each with their own unique personality traits, also held by people born in that year.2020 is the Lunar Year of the Rat, and people born under this sign are clever, cautious, self-aware and persuasive.

The Chinese calendar also rotates through the elements of earth, fire, water, metal and wood as part of the larger 60-year cycle.This silver domed coin is the ideal gift for anyone born under the sign of the Rat. It is also traditional to exchange gifts of coins during the internationally recognised Chinese New Year celebration.

Each coin features the lunar calendar wheel on the obverse, with the reverse featuring a clever rat surrounded by auspicious lychee.

Each coin is presented in a display case with outer box, along with a Certificate of Authenticity.

The coin's obverse features Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II effigy sculpted by Jody Clark.

Issued as Australian legal tender.

Denomination :        $5

Quality :                  Proof Domed Coin

Metal :                    99.9% pure Silver

Weight :                  1oz

Diameter :              39.62 mm

Mintage :                7,500

Certificate of Authenticity : Royal Australian Mint