2021 Great Britain £5 28.28-gm CuNi Lunar Year of the Ox BU

Just in Time for 2021: Great Britain’s Big Beautiful Ox

Think of the ox. In Great Britain, the city of Oxford — famous for its respected university — comes from the Anglo-Saxon word Oxenaford, which literally means a “ford for oxen.” As a highly productive agricultural community dating back thousands of years, Oxfordshire is well acquainted with the ox, a beast of burden that now assumes the role the eighth release in The Royal Mint’s popular Shēngxiào Collection that pays tribute to the animals of China’s lunar calendar.

This 2021-dated release marks the first time the Year of the Ox has been immortalized on an official coin from the United Kingdom. Normally a draft animal seen pulling a yoke and plowing fields, the ox on this legal-tender £5 coin is instead depicted grazing in a field far from the burdens of its daily chores. With the Year of the Ox set to arrive on February 11, 2021, the dawn of a new year that’s free of the trials and tribulations of 2020 means these coins couldn’t arrive at a better time.

Each coin in this offer was struck in 28.28 grams of copper-nickel (CuNi) and comes in original Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) condition with razor-sharp designs that are as fresh and crisp as the day they left the mint. Plus, each will also arrive housed in a beautiful red Lunar Series card folder that’s perfect for gift-giving. Start the new year out right and secure the 2021 Great Britain Lunar Year of the Ox Coin for your collection.

• THE YEAR OF THE OX – This coin celebrates the Year of the Ox which begins on February 11, 2021. The eighth release in The Royal Mint’s popular Shēngxiào Collection, it depicts a bucolic image of an ox grazing in a field. The obverse features the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.
• LEGAL TENDER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM – These 2021 Great Britain Lunar Year of the Ox Coins are £5 (five pounds) legal tender in Great Britain and measure 38.61 mm in diameter.
• BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED CONDITION – Your 2021 Great Britain Lunar Year of the Ox Coin will come in original Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) condition.

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