2000 AUSTRALIAN LUNAR DRAGON 1 OZ .999 SILVER $1 COIN

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YOU ARE BIDDING ON A 2000 AUSTRALIAN LUNAR DRAGON - 1 OZ .999 SILVER COIN THE COIN FEATURES AN AMAZING DETAILED IMAGE OF A DRAGON WITH THE INSCRIPTION “1 0Z 999 SILVER” AND THE CHINESE CHARACTER FOR “DRAGON” ON THE REVERSE AND HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II ON THE OBVERSE. THE 2000 LUNAR DRAGON COIN WAS THE SECOND COIN ISSUED BY AUSTRALIA’S PERTH MINT IN THE SILVER LUNAR SERIES I PROGRAM. THE 2000 LUNAR DRAGON IS BY FAR THE MOST POPULAR COIN IN THE LUNAR SERIES AND SOME COLLECTORS INSIST THAT THE 2000 DRAGON COIN WAS THE KEY TO THE POPULARITY OF BOTH THE GOLD & SILVER AUSTRIALIAN LUNAR SERIES. SOME REASONS FOR THE POPULARITY OF THE LUNAR DRAGON: THE DRAGON IS THE ONLY MYTHICAL CREATURE IN THE LUNAR CALENDAR. TO THE CHINESE, THE DRAGON IS THE SYMBOL OF WISDOM AND REPRESENTS THE SPIRIT FOR ADVANCEMENT AND VIEWED AS THE INCARNATION OF POWER AND AUTHORITY. BUT THE MAIN REASON FOR THEIR POPULARITY IS BECAUSE THE YEAR 2000 WAS THE FIRST TIME IN 3000 YEARS THAT A DRAGON YEAR COINCIDED WITH THE END OF A MILLENNIUM. THE YEAR 1600 WAS THE LAST TIME THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON COINCIDED WITH THE END OF A CENTURY. SOME BIRTH YEARS RULED BY THE CHINESE LUNAR DRAGON 1916, 1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000 THIS COIN IS IN BRILLIANT UNCIRULATED CONDITION TONING AROUND EDGES ON BOTH SIDES ENCAPSULATED IN AIRTIGHT CAPSULE THE COIN read more

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