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1 oz Australian Lunar Year of the Mouse 1996 Gold Coin

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Introduction

As a long-term partner of the Perth Mint, Tavex is pleased to offer one of world’s finest minted gold bullion coins, the 1996 Australian Lunar Year of the Mouse. The gold coin is part of Perth Mint’s praised chronological gold bullion collection, the Australian Lunar Series I, where each coin in the series is only minted once every twelve years in accordance with the ancient Chinese lunar calendar. In addition, the most popular one-ounce version in the series has a limited annual mintage of only 30,000 pieces, giving the coin a considerable collector’s premium in the secondary market.

The Year of the Mouse gold coin contains 99.99% pure gold and is produced with a special minting technique that ensures the coin is in proof-like condition, meaning it has exceptionally shiny and mat surfaces coupled with the richest of detail. This bullion coin is truly a piece of breathtaking gold art suitable for collectors with an eye for beauty and those who wish to give their loved ones something really memorable and special.

Why Buy

  • Australian Lunar Year of the Mouse gold coins are money. The Gold Lunar Series was introduced for the first time in 1996 and every gold coin in the series, including the Year of the Mouse, is considered to be legal tender by the Australian Government.

  • Australian Lunar Year of the Mouse gold coins are rare. Issued only twice since the Lunar Series started, in 1996 and 2008, the one-ounce Year of the Mouse coin is one of the rarest 24 legal tender gold bullion coins to be issued in the 21st century with a mintage of only 46,593 gold pieces.

  • Australian Lunar Year of the Mouse gold coins are based on the treasured Chinese lunar calendar. Those born in the year of the mouse are generally perceived to be shrewd, quick-witted, and highly curious, which tends to make them somewhat persuasive and charming in specific situations.

  • Australian Lunar Year of the Mouse gold coins are great gifts for your loved ones. Give a tribute to the ones you appreciate by marking their virtues and year of birth in pure 24 karat gold, a gift that will stay with them forever.

  • Australian Lunar Year of the Mouse gold coins are made in proof condition. Minted with such high quality, brilliance and rich detail, it becomes hard not to call it “my precious”.

  • Australian Lunar Year of the Mouse gold coins are popular with astute collectors. Its motif of the mouse that varies every 12th year, its maximum mintage limit, and its quality, purity and legal tender status mean that the coin has a considerable premium over its melt value in the secondary market.

  • Australian Lunar Year of the Mouse gold coins are internationally recognised. By being part of the Australian Gold Lunar Series which has been in continuous production for 18 years, and by portraying motifs of the famous Chinese zodiac and the effigy of the most powerful and longest serving queen in the 20th century, Queen Elizabeth II, the Australian Lunar Year of the Mouse gold coin is recognised throughout the world by bullion dealers and collectors alike.

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Fact: gold price in EUR has risen 160.78% in the last 10 years. The lowest price was 910,69 EUR/oz and the highest 2440,25 EUR/oz. Current world market price is 2430,26 EUR/oz

History

Australian Lunar gold coin - Year of the Mouse

The Chinese lunar calendar is today used bymany for Taoist cosmology. It is believed that, depending on the year of thezodiac when a person is born, a special relationship exists between theperson’s personality and the animal that constitutes part of the Chinesezodiac. The animals in the zodiac are supposed to be of symbolic nature, whereeach animal is a representation of a specific group of characteristics andtraits that can be found in every human being. There are twelve animals in theChinese zodiac, each of them being celebrated once every twelve years. The yearof the mouse was last celebrated in 2008. Year of the Mouse coin is an ideal gift forwhoever you love or respect, since giving a Gold Lunar coin means that you areshowing affection by immortalising the person’s year of birth and particularvirtues in pure and precious golden artwork.

AustralianLunar Year of the Mouse coins – as rare as gold

The Perth Mint introduced Australian Lunar Yearof the Mouse gold coins for the first time in 1996 and subsequentlyissued the coins again in 2008. The next issue of the Year of the Mousewill only become available in 2020, when the mouse, according to the Chineselunar calendar, will once again seek out new opportunities. In 1996 the goldcoin was offered in 1 oz, ¼ oz, 1/10 oz and 1/20 oz weights, while the 2008issue added four new weights: 10 kg, 1 kg, 10 oz, and 2 oz. The one-ouncemintage in 1996 was 16,593 gold coins while in 2008 the issue was sold out,reaching the maximum mintage limit of 30,000 gold coins. If the mintage of allYear of the Mouse gold coins is included, then the total figure rises to 80,252gold pieces. This is an extremely low figure compared with the mintage of otherwell-known investment bullion coins. For example, the Australian Kangarooone-ounce gold coin reaches the corresponding cumulative mintage figure of theYear of the Mouse Gold Series every four months. Australian Lunar Year of theMouse gold bullion coins are thus well suited for collectors since they arenaturally as rare as gold.

Australian Lunar gold coins are based on the Chinese Lunar Zodiac  

It is believed that the Chinese lunar calendar was created almost five millennia ago by primeval ruling dynasties. Since that time, the calendar has been continuously improved by astronomers of different royal Chinese courts, culminating in a final version that was calculated according to the earth’s movement around the sun, but fitted into a lunar calendar, thus making it officially a lunisolar calendar. The decision to base the calendar on two celestial bodies stems from the fact that the moon’s motion around the earth is not in synchronisation with the earth’s motion around the sun, creating a time disparity which created a problem for farmers who, of course, needed an accurate calendar that would tell them the best time for planting and harvesting in accordance with the sun’s movement. Originally, the calendar was based on the cycles of the moon, as it was much easier for the ancient astronomers to make the necessary calculation. But, as time passed, they noticed the disparity between the lunar year which consisted of twelve months, each month consisting of 29.5 days which totalled 354 days in a year, and the solar year, which numbered a total of 365.24 days, thus making the lunar year 11 days shorter than the earth’s yearly orbit around the sun. To better synchronise the lunar calendar with the sun, a leap month was added every two or three years similar to that of the modern solar calendar where nearly every 4 years on February 29 an extra leap day is added to align the earth’s revolution around the sun.  

In contrast to most other calendars, the Chinese lunar calendar does not count years in an infinite sequence, but is instead composed of  a 12 year period that is repeated five times in order to get to a cycle that is equal to 60 years. Each year of the period consists of two components, a heavenly stem and a terrestrial branch. The heavenly stem consists of ten symbols, which were the names of the ten days in the week used by the ancient Chinese, while the terrestrial branch consists of 12 animals from the Chinese zodiac cycle. For the creation of one year, each stem is combined with every second terrestrial branch. Thus, when all possible combinations between the heavenly stems and terrestrial branches have been made, this being equal to 60, the final cycle is created and subsequently it starts over once again. This method of cyclical dating is believed to be among the longest continuous sequences of time measurement in history. China today uses the Gregorian calendar, a solar calendar, for all civil purposes, but the lunar calendar is still the main calendar used by various communities in China and East Asia to determine celebrity dates such as jubilees, weddings, the Chinese New Year and other festivities.

Lunar Series I

All the gold coins of the 12-coin series have been minted. This cycle of the Lunar Calendar began with the Year of the Rat in 1996 and concludes in 2007 with the Year of the Pig. All coins in the Lunar Series are legal tender Australian coins.

Until 1999, Lunars were produced in four sizes – 1/20 oz, 1/10 oz, 1/4 oz and 1 oz. Since 2000, 2 oz, 10 oz and 1 kg coins were added to the range, and in 2004, a 1/2 oz gold coin joined the family.

The Perth Mint is a world distinguished mint and precious metals refiner that is located in the City of Perth, in Western Australia. The Perth Mint was founded in 1896 by Britain’s Royal Mint in response to the newly discovered gold deposits in Western Australia. Perth Mint’s task was to refine gold ore from the mines and to strike sovereign gold coins from the refined bullion. Between 1899 and 1931 the Pert Mint produced  a considerable amount of gold sovereigns which were disturbed in Australia  and throughout the British Empire to be used as circulating currency. British control over Perth Mint was relinquished in 1971 to the Government of Western Australia which then assumed ownership of  the  mint.  Today,  the  Perth  Mint  is  hailed  for  the exceptional  quality  of  its  world  class investment bullion coins like the Kookaburra and Koala silver coins, and the Lunar Series. The Perth Mint has been a member of the London Gold Market (predecessor of the LBMA) since 1934. The swan design, which is the Mint’s official assay stamp registered with the LBMA, is recognised internationally and was inspired by the Mint’s location in Perth, where the main river, the Swan, runs through the city. 

Product weight in grams
31.10659
Gold weight in grams
31.10348
Fineness
999.9
Gold weight in troy ounces
1
Diameter
32.1
Thickness
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Face value description
100 Australian dollars
Manufacturer
The Perth Mint, Australia

Obverse

The obverse portrays the effigy of Queen Elizabeth II. The reason for picturing Her Majesty the Queen stems from Australia’s membership of the United Kingdom’s Commonwealth of Nations. By being a member of the Commonwealth, Australia has Queen Elizabeth II as its reigning constitutional monarch. Above the Queen’s effigy is the text “ELIZABETH II” and “AUSTRALIA”. Inscribed below the effigy is the nominal face value of 100 Australian dollars.

Reverse

The reverse displays a curious mouse on a bed of stones. Inscribed under the mouse is the purity and weight of the coin, above it is the Chinese character for “mouse” and to the right is the year of mintage

Packaging

Each coin is individually packaged in a hard plastic capsule at the Perth Mint. For bulk purchases, multiples of 20 are available in original factory packaging.

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Insurance

The package is fully insured and in the extremely unlikely event that the package is lost or damaged, we will re-ship the items or refund your money. Insurance costs depend on the value of your order (1% of the value).

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Insurance

The package is insured up to EUR 500 and in the extremely unlikely event that the package is lost or damaged, we will refund the value of your order, but not more than EUR 500. Insurance is included in the delivery price.

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Insurance

The package is fully insured and in the extremely unlikely event that the package is lost or damaged, we will re-ship the items or refund your money. Insurance costs depend on the value of your order (1% of the value).

Tracking

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The majority of Tavex’s products are always in stock and therefore Tavex can offer you quick delivery and same day pick-up with market leading prices. Tavex is an official partner of all the biggest mints in the world, such as the Perth Mint Australia, the Austrian Mint (Münze Österreich), China Great Wall Coins Investments Ltd., the gold bar market leader PAMP Suisse and Valcambi and other gold factories and dealers.

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