Part of the Royal Mint's Lunar series launched in 2014, this issue follows the Chinese calendar cycle rather than any Commonwealth occasion — an unusual commercial pivot for an institution with over a thousand years of sovereign coinage behind it. The series was aimed squarely at the bullion and collector market competing with the Perth Mint's long-established Australian Lunar program, which had been running since 1996.
The Horse year falls in a twelve-coin cycle that the Royal Mint has now completed twice over.
Part of the Royal Mint's Lunar series launched in 2014, this issue follows the Chinese calendar cycle rather than any Commonwealth occasion — an unusual commercial pivot for an institution with over a thousand years of sovereign coinage behind it. The series was aimed squarely at the bullion and collector market competing with the Perth Mint's long-established Australian Lunar program, which had been running since 1996.
The Horse year falls in a twelve-coin cycle that the Royal Mint has now completed twice over.