2009 Perth Mint Lunar Ox 1 oz Silver Coin (With Capsule)

In 2009, the popular Australian Lunar coin series celebrates the Year of the Ox. The reverse of each coin depicts an ox and a calf standing on grass with hills in the background. As well as the inscription ‘Year of the Ox’ and the Chinese character for ‘ox’, the design also incorporates The Perth Mint’s ‘P’ mintmark.

Issued as legal tender under the Australian Currency Act 1965, each coin features the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on its obverse. All Perth Mint Lunar series comes with original protective capsule.

These outstanding release also make great gifts for people born in any year ‘ruled’ by the Chinese Lunar ox – including 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997 and 2009.

Year of the Ox – 26 January 2009 to 14 February 2010

Calm, confident and determined, these people reject get-rich-quick schemes and are prepared to work hard to make their fortune.

Said to make good leaders, people born in the Year of the Ox can be inspirational to others, usually make good parents, and possess an innate ability to achieve great things.

Intelligent, tolerant, easygoing and self-assured, they are often regarded as dependable, patient and modest. Most compatible with people born in the Year of the Rat or the Year of the Dragon, they also exhibit the need for financial and emotional security.