The Lunar Series II coin program from the Perth Mint is one of its most popular offerings, with impressive purity and immense variety in both design and coin weights. Only certification from one of the world’s top grading services could improve the value of these coins, and there are Lunar Series II Year of the Rooster coins now available with grades. Today, the 2017 1 oz Australian Silver Rooster Coin is available from JM Bullion in near-perfect condition.

Coin Highlights:

• Ships in a plastic slab to protect the coin’s condition.
• Limited availability from original mintage of only 300,000 coins!
• 10^th release of Lunar Series II.
• Contains 1 Troy oz of .999 pure silver.
• Face value of $1 (AUD) is fully backed by Australia’s government.
• Graded Mint State 69 by the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation.
• Designated an Early Release issue by NGC.
• Obverse features Queen Elizabeth II.
• Reverse bears the Year of the Rooster design.

Each of the 2017 1 oz Australian Silver Rooster Coins in this listing is a near-perfect product according to the NGC. Coins with an MS69 grade feature full, original mint luster and include a maximum of two minor detracting flaws such as miniscule hairlines or contact marks.

The Perth Mint’s Lunar Series II program is a 12-coin release featuring each of the animals from the Zodiac. This is the second series from the mint honoring the Chinese Lunar Calendar, with the first running from 1996 to 2007.

On the obverse of each Australian Silver Rooster coin you’ll find the familiar right-profile portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. Her Majesty’s image has appeared on Australian coinage since she ascended to the throne in 1952, and this particular design is a fourth-generation depiction created in 1998 by Ian Rank-Broadley.

The reverse features the unique Year of the Rooster design exclusive to the 2017 1 oz Australian Silver Rooster coin. This image depicts a rooster, standing on just one leg, alert and aware as a hen and three chicks search for food on the ground.

Australia’s Perth Mint is its oldest operating mint facility, and the only currently operating facility other than the sovereign Royal Australian Mint. Originally part of the British Royal Mint system, today it is owned by the government of the state of Western Australia and its coins enjoy legal tender status under the Currency Act of 1965.

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