2009 $1 Year of The Ox PNC

The Ox is highly respected in traditional Chinese society because it helps plough and harvest the land and signifies prosperity through fortitude and hard work. It is the second sign in the Chinese zodiac, having been cheated out of first position in the zodiac race when the Rat, with great cunning, jumped from its back and reached the riverbank first. Laozi was a prominent thinker in ancient China, while on his Ox, wrote Daode jing, the most important book in Taoism.