2002 YEAR OF THE HORSE STERLING SILVER & GOLD-PLATED CAMEO COIN

2002 Canadian $15 Chinese Lunar Calendar: Year of the Horse Sterling Silver & Gold-plated Cameo Coin. Centuries ago, the Chinese invented a calendar based on the lunar – rather than the solar – cycle. In 1998, the Royal Canadian Mint inaugurated a remarkable series of coins featuring the animal symbols of Chinese astrology based on the Lunar Calendar. These symbols roughly approximate the signs of the zodiac in western culture, however, denote years instead of months. All 12 of the Lunar animals – the Rat, the Ox, the Tiger, the Rabbit, the Dragon, the Snake, the Horse, the Sheep, the Monkey, the Rooster, the Dog, and the Pig – appear in a circular arrangement around the rim of each coin, with a different animal highlighted each year in a central cameo. 2002 commemorates the Year of the Horse – often boisterous horse, the seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac series. The perfect gift for anyone born in a year of the horse. Approx. Net Weight: 34 gr.