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Hong Kong Year of the Snake

1977  One Thousand Dollar reverse 1977  One Thousand Dollar obverse

1977 One Thousand Dollar

Mintage:20,000
Mint:Royal London Monarch:Elizabeth II Reverse Designer:Leslie Durbin Obverse Designer:Arnold Machin Size:28.4mm Weight:15.98g Edge:Milled Composition:91.7% Gold

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The Chinese calendar runs in a 12 year cycle. There are 12 animals representing each of them. The Chinese Year of the Snake combines with the element of water in 1977 and to commemorate this the Royal Mint issued this one thousand dollar gold coin edition. The Chinese Zodiac is composed of 12 animals arranged in order from the rat through to the pig. The order was established by a race between the animals, thousands of years ago orchestrated by the Jade Emperor of China. Chinese astrology and the Chinese zodiac are commemorated by The Royal Mint. The 12-year sequence features coin releases marking the Year of the Rat, Year of the Mouse, Year of the Ox, Year of the Tiger, Year of the Rabbit, Year of the Dragon, Year of the Snake, Year of the Horse, Year of the Goat, Year of the Monkey, Year of the Rooster, Year of the Dog and Year of the Pig.

The 1977 Chinese Year of the Snake began on the 10th February but the real Chinese year is 4675. It is normally the darkest day of the month that the Chinese year will start and Chinese people celebrate up until the brightest day of the month around two weeks later. This particular tiger year is fused with the element water and will only do so every 60 years. Some famous people born in the year of the snake were Elizabeth I, Abraham Lincoln, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Charles Darwin and Picasso.

reverse 1000 legend HONG KONG obverse legend QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND 1977.

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