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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 6th Portrait - Year of the Ox - Silver Proof - High Relief
| Issuer | Perth Mint, Australia |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Technique | Milled (high relief) |
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| Reverse description | A finely detailed, high-relief composition depicts a full-grown ox standing alongside its young calf on a textured ground, both animals rendered with naturalistic musculature and facing left toward the viewer. A blossoming cherry blossom tree extends across the upper field, its flowering branches framing the scene. In the left middle field, a stylized Chinese landscape with a traditional structure and rocky terrain appears in lower relief. The Chinese character '牛' (Ox) is inscribed in the upper left field alongside the English legend 'OX' and the date '2021'. The Perth Mint's 'P' mintmark appears at the lower right. |
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| Mintage | 2021 P - Proof - 3,888 |
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Australia's lunar series coins are struck to varying relief specifications across different issuing authorities, and Perth Mint's high-relief versions require multiple die strikes under significantly greater pressure — a process that limits die life and keeps mintages tightly capped. The 2021 Ox issue falls in the second iteration of Perth's Lunar Series III, which launched in 2020 and committed to annual releases through 2031.
In Chinese tradition, 2021 was the Year of the Metal Ox — a designation occurring once every sixty years when the twelve-year zodiac cycle aligns with the metal element.