Britain’s Royal Mint marks Chinese Year of the Horse with coins
The Royal Mint has created its begin British legal tender coins that abide by the Chinese zodiac, amongst the begin inwards the serial mark the forthcoming Year of the Horse.
The money was designed yesteryear British Chinese creative individual Wuon-Gean Ho.
An creative individual of Chinese descent, who was born inwards Britain, she industrial plant inwards many disciplines including printmaking, animation, functioning too artist’s books.
The coins, aureate too silver, attain inwards cost upward to £1950. The Royal Mint volition ultimately create a serial to score all the Chinese signs of the zodiac.
The Equus caballus coins are said to combine elements from both British too Chinese heritage.
In the foreground of the pattern in that place is a leaping horse. Beneath its feet lies the famous Uffington Horse, a pre-historic white Equus caballus carved into the chalk hills of Oxfordshire.
The novel pattern volition characteristic on a discover of dissimilar coins, made from either 999.9 fine aureate or inwards 999 fine silver. The attain includes a Tenth-ounce Gold Brilliant Uncirculated Coin, a One Ounce Gold Proof Coin too a One Ounce Gold Bullion coin. In silver, in that place is the One Ounce Silver Proof Coin, a Five Ounce Silver Proof Coin too a One Ounce Silver Bullion Coin.
All the Brilliant Uncirculated too Proof coins are express editions. Prices attain from £82.50 for the Silver One Ounce Proof Coin through to £1950 for the One Ounce Gold Proof Coin.
Wuon-Gean Ho said: “I wanted the pattern to depict upon my British too Chinese heritage, every bit my parents are from Malaysia too Singapore too I was raised inwards the UK.
“Although I am involved inwards the arts now, studying anatomy too closely observing animals for my seat inwards Veterinary Medicine was proficient preparation for this project.
“The Uffington Horse is work of Britain’s history likewise every bit mine, every bit I grew upward inwards Oxfordshire about this famous chalk monument.”
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