2008 $1 Lunar Year of The Mouse 1oz Silver Coloured Coin

In Chinese culture, people born in the Year of the Mouse are regarded as ambitious, quick-witted and hardworking. The coin’s reverse depicts a coloured image of two mice on a bed of straw with pumpkins and a vine in the background. As well as the inscription Year of the Mouse and the Chinese character for ‘mouse’, the design also incorporates The Perth Mint’s ‘P’ mintmark.