REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE
CHINESE ZODIAC (SHENGXIAO) LUNAR YEAR CALENDAR SERIES - YEAR OF THE SNAKE
RARE GOLD ONE-OUNCE 100 SINGOLD COIN
CERTIFIED BY NGC PROOF 63 ULTRA CAMEO
OBV: FOUR CHINESE CHARACTERS MEANING "GRACE, WISDOM & SPRITE (CHARACTERISTICS OF ONE BORN IN THE YEAR OF THE SNAKE)" WITHIN CIRCLE WITH DATE BELOW.
REV: SNAKE POISED UPRIGHT BEHIND LADY WITH FAN IN TRADITIONAL GARB.
X # MB53
SINCE ANCIENT TIMES, TWELVE ANIMALS HAVE BEEN USED TO REPRESENT A PERSON'S YEAR OF BIRTH (SHENG) AND THEIR RESEMBLANCE (XIAO OR SHUXIANG), THE CHARACTERISTICS GIVEN TO EACH PERSON BY THEIR ZODIAC (SHENGXIAO) TOTEM.
ONE LEGEND OF THE ORIGIN OF THE CHINESE ZODIAC INVOLVES THE SUMMONING OF ANIMALS BY THE EMPEROR XUANYUAN "THE YELLOW EMPEROR (HUANGDI)" TO BE HIS BODYGUARD. AS A RESULT OF THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARRIVED AND THE TRICKS AND BICKERING OF THE ANIMALS TO IMPROVE THE PRECEDENT OF THEIR PLACEMENT, THEIR RESPECTIVE PLACES WERE DECIDED IN SEQUENCE.
CONTAINS 31.1061 GRAMS OF .9999 PURE GOLD (1.0 OZ AGW)
32.1 MM IN DIAMETER
ONLY 200 MINTED!
SINGAPORE MINT
