Obverse: the obverse of the coin depicts a stylized pig standing in the middle of a field standing in the mud, engraved with "2007" on the left to mark the year of issue and "10 OZ 9999 GOLD" at the bottom to indicate the weight and gold fineness of the coin.
Reverse: the obverse of the coin depicts an image of Queen Elizabeth II surrounded by the text "ELIZABETH II • AUSTRALIA • 1000 DOLLARS". Below the image of the queen are the initials "IRB" by artist Ian Rank-Broadley.
About the Coin: the Australian Perth Mint Lunar Series Gold Coins are the official and legal tender in Australia, whose government guarantees the coin’s quality and purity of gold. Each year, the Perth Mint mints coins of various weights for the Chinese lunar calendar (Lunar) marks. The Lunar Chinese calendar dates back to 2600. before our era and is still believed in the power that the animal sign bears to the personalities born after it.
