2001 Canada $15 Chinese Lunar Calendar Year of the Snake Silver & Gold Coin

  
SILVER & GOLD PROOF STRUCK ROYAL CANADIAN MINT CAMEO COIN. Centuries ago, the Chinese invented a calendar based on the lunar - rather than the solar - cycle. In 1998, the Royal Canadian Mint, inaugurated a remarkable series of coins featuring the animal symbols of Chinese astrology based on the Lunar Calendar. These symbols roughly approximate the signs of the zodiac in western culture, however, denote years instead of months. All 12 of the Lunar animals - the Rat, the Ox, the Tiger, the Rabbit, the Dragon, the Snake, the Horse, the Sheep, the Monkey, the Rooster, the Dog, and the Pig - appear in a circular arrangement around the rim of each coin, with a different animal highlighted each year in a central cameo.

2001 commemorates the Year of the Snake - philosophical and strategic, the Snake possesses a natural charisma that can hypnotize. It is often regarded as the most enigmatic sign of the Chinese lunar calendar, the seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac series.

The perfect gift for anyone born in a year of the snake. Includes the Certificate of Authenticity. The item "2001 Canada $15 Chinese Lunar Calendar Year of the Snake Silver & Gold Coin" is in sale since Wednesday, September 15, 2021. This item is in the category "Coins & Paper Money\Coins\ Canada\Commemorative". The seller is "globalcoinscanada" and is located in Mississauga, Ontario. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada.

1. Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
2. Country/Region of Manufacture: Canada
3. Certification: RCM
4. Denomination: $15