2018 Australia $8 5-oz Silver Lunar Dog NGC MS70

German Shepherd Year of the Dog

If your canine friend is acting a little more haughty these days it’s because 2018 is the Year of the Dog according to the Chinese Lunar calendar. To pay tribute to the milestone, Australia’s world-renowned Perth Mint issued a captivating Lunar Dog coin as a spectacular five-ounce masterpiece!

This one-year-only addition to the Perth Mint’s popular Lunar Series features a German Shepherd and its pup! You can secure this design struck in a full five ounces of 99.99% silver. This legal-tender coin also displays the Chinese character for “dog” and the inscription “Year of the Dog.”  In addition, it has been certified and graded by the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) to be in perfect Mint State-70 (MS70) condition.

This wonderful coin is the perfect gift for any dog lover or loved one born in the Year of the Dog!

• ONE-YEAR-ONLY YEAR-OF-THE-DOG DESIGN – The 2018 Australia $8 Lunar Dog Five-Ounce Silver Coin features a one-year-only design of a pair of German Shephard dogs – a mother and her adorable pup – on its reverse. At a large 65.5 mm in diameter, you can almost reach out scratch these magnificent dogs behind their ears! The coin’s obverse bears the classic Ian Rank-Broadley portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.

• STRUCK IN PURE SILVER – Each Australia Lunar Dog Coin is struck in five ounces of 99.99% silver.

• LEGAL TENDER COINAGE – These Australia Lunar Dog Five-Ounce Silver Coins are $8 legal tender in Australia.

• GRADED IN PERFECT CONDITION – Your 2018 Australia $8 Lunar Dog Five-Ounce-Ounce Silver Coin has been certified and graded by the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) to be in perfect Mint State-70 (MS70) condition, a distinction that means your perfectly-graded coin will have ZERO imperfections – showing all features and fields exactly as the engraver and mint intended!

• LIMITED EDITION – The 2018 Australia $8 Lunar Dog Five-Ounce-Ounce Silver Coin is from a limited edition of 300,000.

Fetch a few of these beautiful coins home for all the dog lovers in your family or circle of friends.