The story of Chinese New Year starts with Jade Emperor, who created the Zodiac calendar, a 12 -year cycle to help track the passage of time. The Rabbit was chosen to represent the fourth year in the Zodiac after it came fourth in the Jade Emperor’s great race.
Chinese believe that the Zodiac and the animal years in which people are born have a tremendous influence on their lives and personalities. Despite the rabbit coming fourth in the Jade Emperor’s great race, being a Rabbit is considered fortunate. Rabbits are said to have calm, noble demeanours. They love to be creative, they are sociable and they live long and happy lives. Yet for harmony to exist in the universe, Rabbits must also have their dark sides. They are known to be arrogant at times, prone to escapism and averse to taking even the slightest of risks.
Highlights
- 1oz silver medallion with selective gold plating
- Minted from 0.999 silver
- Only 999 available worldwide
- A great gift for someone born in the Year of the Rabbit.
Design
The design of the 2023 Year of the Rabbit medallion is inspired by the style of the Chinese nianhua poster. These posters are traditionally designed and produced for New Year celebrations. They show gods, animals and babies enacting Chinese folklore. The style of the posters can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty when woodblock printing was popularised.
Take a look at our commemorative stamps that were also available for this issue. Click here.
Check out the full range of medallions here.
| Finish: | Proof |
|---|---|
| Composition: | 0.999 silver with gold plating |
| Weight: | 1oz |
| Diameter: | 40mm |
| Edge treatment: | Milled |
| Shape: | Round |
| Obverse design: | NZ Post obverse |
| Reverse design: | 2023 Year of the Rabbit (rabbit and baby) |
| Designed by: | Ying-Min Chu, Wellington, New Zealand |
| Worldwide mintage limit: | 999 |
| Mint: | Sunshine Mint International Ltd |
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Unsure why you changed the style...and doubled cost
I started a collection of these medallions for each of my family members back in 2017...finding first in 2016 as an option and watching each year to collect what I needed and was quite confused when you changed both the style and pricing so significantly. I had to buy as I don't want to wait another twelve years in hope you go back to something similar to the rest. This is a nice medallion - if it matched the rest I have it would be 5 star. It is because you doubled the price and changed the style so much that it is average. Surely you would be aware customers would wait each year to collect the animal they needed. Utterly confused why you did not stick with similar for the whole 12 year range....instead you appear to have muddled it up by switching around. Result is a single family member has something that does not stylistically match other members....so odd. Utterly confused why anyone would do this as a 'collectible medallion range'.
