2024 Solomon Islands $25 5-oz Silver Lunar Year of the Dragon Mother of Pearl Proof

Celebrate The Year Of The Dragon With This Five-Ounce Mother Of Pearl Coin!

The Chinese Lunar Year of the Dragon will commence on February 10, 2024. The most powerful sign in the Chinese lunar calendar, the Dragon personifies imperial power and embodies masculine principles including stability, reliability, dignity, nobility, intellect, and stubbornness. Along with the phoenix, qilin (the Eastern unicorn), and tortoise, the fictional dragon is one of “Four Supernatural Spirits” in Chinese culture. People born during a dragon year are said to be gifted with innate leadership skills.

A Faithful Depiction Of An Eastern Dragon

To mark this important year in Chinese mythology, the Solomon Islands released this gorgeous $25 legal-tender coin that celebrates the new year in style with a faithful depiction of an Eastern dragon coiling around the Pearl of Wisdom. Unlike Western Dragons that are portrayed as fire-breathing monsters, the Chinese or Eastern dragon is seen as a benevolent creature that provides good luck for people who are worthy of it. According to folklore, emperors were said to have descended from the dragons. It’s no wonder that today the dragon is the most popular and important of the twelve zodiac signs.

Time-Consuming Mother Of Pearl Inlay

Struck in five full ounces of highly pure 99.9% fine silver and measuring more than two-and-a-half inches in diameter, the coin comes in gorgeous Proof condition, meaning it was expertly crafted from hand-selected planchets, polished dies and multiple strikes to produce beautifully frosted details rising over mirror-like fields. But the exclamation point for this beautiful coin is the Mother of Pearl inlay integrated into the coin by a complex technical journey that takes months—from selecting the most beautiful Mother of Pearl oyster shells, through ultrasonic wave and bathing processes, to the actual minting.

Just 688 Minted For Worldwide Release

The authorized mintage for this coin is a very small 688. The number 8 is considered lucky in Chinese numerology because the 8 is a perfectly symmetrical shape—considered an auspicious number associated with success, wealth, and abundance. Whether the mintage will prove to be lucky will depend on whether you act quickly enough to get one of these impressive coins for your collection!

COIN HIGHLIGHTS:

• CELEBRATING THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON – This coin celebrates the Lunar Year of the Dragon that commences on February 10,2024. It depicts a dark gray dragon surrounded by hilly landscape and flora on the reverse while the coin’s obverse features the crowned effigy of Her Majesty, the late Queen Elizabeth II.
• MOTHER OF PEARL INLAY – The coin features a beautiful Moth of Pearl inlay that depicts a Chinese or Eastern dragon coiling around the pearl of wisdom with an inscription that reads YEAR OF THE DRAGON.
• STRUCK IN HIGHLY PURE SILVER – Each Lunar Year of the Dragon Mother of Pearl Coin was struck in five ounces of highly pure 99.9% fine silver and measures 65 mm in diameter.
• LEGAL-TENDER COIN – These 2024-dated Five-Ounce Silver Lunar Year of the Dragon Mother of Pearl Coins are $25 legal tender in the Solomon Islands, a self-governing nation located in in the South Pacific made up of nation of hundreds of islands.
• GORGEOUS PROOF CONDITION – Your 2024 Solomon Islands $25 Five-Ounce Silver Lunar Year of the Dragon Mother of Pearl Coin comes in gorgeous Proof condition with frosted details rising over mirror-like fields.
• LOW LIMITED EDITION – The maximum mintage for this 2024 Solomon Islands $25 Five-Ounce Silver Lunar Year of the Dragon Mother of Pearl Proof was set at just 688 for worldwide release.

Celebrate the Year of the Dragon with this 2024 Solomon Islands $25 Five-Ounce Silver Lunar Year of the Dragon Mother of Pearl Proof. Just 688 of these highly pure 99.9% silver coins were struck for worldwide release so secure yours now!