This piece belongs to the Royal Canadian Mint's 2009 lunar calendar series, issued in alignment with the Chinese Year of the Ox. Canada's lunar series, launched in 1998, targeted the substantial Chinese-Canadian diaspora market and became one of the RCM's most commercially successful collector programs — running through a full twelve-year zodiac cycle with consistent sellouts on several issues.
This piece belongs to the Royal Canadian Mint's 2009 lunar calendar series, issued in alignment with the Chinese Year of the Ox. Canada's lunar series, launched in 1998, targeted the substantial Chinese-Canadian diaspora market and became one of the RCM's most commercially successful collector programs — running through a full twelve-year zodiac cycle with consistent sellouts on several issues.