2027 Royal Australian Mint $1 Uncirculated Two-Coin Year of the Goat Set

Description

• FEATURES
  
  Eighth release in the Mint's prestigious Lunar Series
• Set of two uncirculated coins-one reverse depicts the Goat, while the other depicts the lunar calendar wheel (with the Goat at the top of the wheel)
• Coin obverses feature the Daniel Thorne effigy of His Majesty King Charles III
• Packaged in an auspicious red and gold card, with outer box
• Limited mintage of 30,000
• Australian legal tender

DETAILS

To ring in the 2027 Lunar Year of the Goat, the Royal Australian Mint presents this beautiful two-coin set featuring the gentle and peaceful Goat. With two new $1 reverse designs and outer packaging inspired by traditional Chinese 'red packets', the set makes a wonderful Lunar New Year gift for friends and family.

The Goat is the eighth of the twelve signs in the Chinese zodiac. According to legend, twelve animals participated in a race across a river to allow the Jade Emperor to establish the order of the zodiac signs. The Goat finished in eighth place, followed by the Monkey and the Rooster, the three animals had worked together to cross the river on a raft.

People born in the Year of the Goat are said to be creative and compassionate. Famous international Goats include entrepreneur and philanthropist Bill Gates, tennis player Carlos Alcaraz, and musicians Norah Jones and Ed Sheeran, Well-known Australian Goats indude actress Nicole Kidman and musician Tina Arena.