2021 Australia Lunar Year of the Ox Domed Proof 1 oz Silver Coin

Struck in a full ounce of highly pure 99.9% silver, this one-year-only release is a unique concave domed coin that depicts an alert and powerful ox trotting along below a canopy of willow branches. The Chinese symbol for “Ox” is engraved above the ox beside the words YEAR OF THE OX along with the coin’s weight and metal purity. The ox has been a tremendously important animal for agricultural in China since ancient times. In some Chinese folk tales, willow branches are effective at driving away ghosts and evil spirits. Not so much a good luck charm, they’re useful in preventing bad luck. Many people today also use willow branches to predict the weather. They place willow branches under the eaves of their homes: green wicker means they’re in store for a rainy day, and dry wicker predicts a sunny day. The coin’s convex obverse features a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II surrounded by a circle comprised of the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac.

This $5 legal-tender 2021 Australia One-Ounce Silver Lunar Year of the Ox Domed Coin also comes in fabulous proof condition, meaning that it was expertly crafted by the mint from hand-selected planchets, polished dies and multiple strikes to produce beautifully frosted details rising over mirror-like fields. It will come shipped to you in its original government packaging from the mint consisting of a clamshell case & an illustrated shipper and accompanied by a mint-issued Certificate of Authenticity.

Just 7,500 of these awesome proofs will ever be struck for worldwide release, so if you’re an Ox, know someone born during the year of the Ox, or just want to add a fabulous coin to your collection, then this coin is for you!