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Australia Year of the Tiger

2010 Silver Proof One Dollar reverse 2010 Silver Proof One Dollar obverse

2010 Silver Proof One Dollar

Mintage:3,900
Reverse Designer:Vladimir Gottwald Obverse Designer:Ian Rank-Broadley Size:25mm Weight:11.6g Edge:Interrupted Composition:99.9% Silver

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The 2010 Chinese Year of the Tiger began on the 14th February but the real Chinese year is 4708. 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 Metal and will only do so every 60 years. Some famous people born in the tiger year are Ludwig van Beethoven, Marco Polo and Karl Marx (Travel China Guide, 2014) .

The Chinese Year of the Tiger is the third year in a twelve year cycle of the Chinese calendar and to commemorate this the Royal Australian Mint issued this stunning 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 Australian Lunar Coin sequence. 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. Since 1996, the Royal Australian Mint has been producing commemorative coins celebrating the famous Chinese Calendar with lunar designs. The designs of each animal varies year to year.

This 2010 Year of the Tiger is the 3rd year of the lunar series. The reverse was designed by Vladimir Gottwald and shows the head of a tiger in the centre, surrounded by Chinese decorations. It has the year 2010 and the inscription YEAR OF THE TIGER. The obverse features an Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of HM Queen Elizabeth II along with the legend ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2010.The Year of the Tiger is said to have a great impact upon the people born within the year. They are born leaders, brave, cruel, forceful, fearless and unpredictable. Tiger people symbolise power and this can also be their downfall. They argue easily and confrontations are commonplace. The best match for a tiger person would a dog or horse person but should avoid goat people like the plague as it is considered to be the worst match of them all.

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