Established nearly 20 years after the Perth Mints original Lunar Series, Britains Shengxiao Series of lunar-themed coins are growing in popularity among silver investors and collectors. The 2018 coin available, the fifth year of the British Lunar Series of coins features its design for the Year of the Dog.
Coin Highlights:
- Arrives in an individual capsule.
- 5th design release of the Shengxiao Series from the Royal Mint!
- Limited mintage of only 138,888 coins!
- Contains 1 Troy oz of .999 pure silver in BU condition.
- Bears a face value of 2 (GBP) backed by the government of Britain.
- Obverse features the latest effigy of Queen Elizabeth II.
- Reverse includes a new Year of the Dog design.
- Creations from Wuon-Gean Ho.
Wuon-Gean Ho has created all five designs now available from the British Lunar Series of coins, better known as the Shengxiao Series.
On the reverse of the 2018 1 oz British Silver Year of the Dog Coin is the image of a playful young dog as runs across the design field. Engravings include the year of issue, weight, metal content, and purity of the coin, as well as the phrase Year of the Dog. The specific breed of dog depicted is a terrier type, a breed common to the United Kingdom for hundreds of years.
The obverse of 2018 British Silver Year of the Dog Coins includes the latest effigy of Queen Elizabeth II. Created in 2015 by Royal Mint Engraver Jody Clark, this effigy captures Her Majesty at the age of 89 and represents the fifth-generation portrait of the Queen to grace British coinage since 1952.
All coins in the series have the number 8 included in the final mintage figure, as it is deemed a lucky number in Chinese culture.
The Royal Mint is the official sovereign mint of the United Kingdom. It has struck coins of the realm for more than 1,000 years and now produces coins for an additional 60 countries around the world.
