2023 Year of the Rabbit High Relief 1oz Silver Proof Coin

Highlighting the fourth animal in the Chinese lunar calendar, this 1oz silver proof high relief coin is an impressive tribute to the lunar rabbit and represents the very best in minting excellence and design.

According to Chinese tradition, the emperor commanded a great race between all the animals on Earth to determine who should occupy 12 positions on the lunar calendar. To complete the course, each animal had to cross a fast-flowing river. The nimble rabbit used stepping stones before floating on a log to reach the opposite side in fourth place.

Those born under the sign of the Chinese lunar rabbit in 2023, 2011, 1999, 1987, 1975 and every 12th preceding year, are said to be intelligent, creative, vigilant and compassionate.

The Perth Mint will release no more than 3,888 of the Australian Lunar Series III 2023 Year of the Rabbit 1oz Silver Proof High Relief Coin.

The coin’s reverse portrays an alert rabbit with its ears erect and another rabbit stretching towards a budding branch. Included in the design is the Chinese character for ‘rabbit’.

The coin is housed in a classic display case with a clear lid decorated with a silver geometric design.

The case is packaged in a beautifully illustrated shipper portraying the story of how the rabbit became the fourth animal of the Chinese lunar calendar and is accompanied by a numbered Certificate of Authenticity.

The shippers of future animals in the Lunar Series III will, when arrayed together, form a diorama depicting the ancient myth of The Great Race.