On solar date Feb. 5, 2019, a new lunar year dawns. It is the start of Year of the Pig [YoP], or the Year of the Boar [YoB], or the Year of the Swine [YoS], or whatever your preferred porcine fancy might be
Category Archives: year of the pig coins
Sierra Leone: Angry Birds have some fun during the Lunar Year of the Pig with new colour crown coin
The Bank of Sierra Leone has issued (21st January) new crown coins which cheerfully mark the Lunar Year of the Pig with a little help from the game world’s irreverent and popular Angry Birds. Issued by the Bank of Sierra Leone in conjunction with Rovio Entertainment Corporation, this new coin features Leonard, the king of Piggy Island in Angry Birds, with two of his pigs wishing you good fortune for the Chinese New Year
Sierra Leone: Angry Birds have some fun during the Lunar Year of the Pig with new colour crown coin
The Bank of Sierra Leone has issued (21st January) new crown coins which cheerfully mark the Lunar Year of the Pig with a little help from the game world’s irreverent and popular Angry Birds. Issued by the Bank of Sierra Leone in conjunction with Rovio Entertainment Corporation, this new coin features Leonard, the king of Piggy Island in Angry Birds, with two of his pigs wishing you good fortune for the Chinese New Year
CIT’s Gilded Jolly Pig
Description
The obverse of the pig-shaped coin features the emblem of the Mongolian National Bank in a slightly deepened circle, while below in Cyrillic spelling is 1000 togrog, and below in Latin spelling is MONGOLIA 1 OZ .999 SILVER
China: Lunar New Year celebrated with Year of the Pig silver Proof collector coins
The People’s Bank of China has issued (16th November) new collector coins which are in celebration of the upcoming Lunar New Year that occurs on the 5th February 2019. Each year in the lunar calendar is assigned a zodiac in the Chinese tradition, and every 12 years, this cycle repeats itself with the Pig being the last in the cycle
Canada: Lunar year is celebrated in 2019 with the Pig featured on new silver Proof coins
The Royal Canadian Mint has released new silver Proof coins which are in celebration of the upcoming Lunar New Year, observed in many countries, regions, and peoples all over the world. The Lunar New Year is associated with a 12-year cycle of lunar zodiac characters based on both real and mythical animals
Australia: Lunar year collector coins feature laughing pig
The Royal Australian Mint has released new lunar zodiac collector coins which celebrate the Year of the Pig, commencing on the 5th February 2019. The Chinese zodiac, which consists of a 12-year cycle, comes to an end with the Pig — and a new cycle will begin for 2020
United Kingdom: Lunar Year of the Pig takes centre stage on new gold and silver collector coins
The Royal Mint has officially launched (20th September) their long-awaited 2019 Lunar New Year collector coins, which have been issued since 2014 and include designs corresponding to the Chinese zodiac. The new 2019-dated coins are in celebration of the Year of the Boar, or Pig
Commemorative coin and banknote of Mongolia in celebration of the Year of the Pig
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The obverse features the emblem of the Bank of Mongolia, and below is 1000 Togrog in Cyrillic lettering. Below that is MONGOLIA 0