Year of the goat?

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  1. Theox

    Theox Active Member

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    Hi, have I got my info wrong? I believe that 2015 is the Chinese year of the sheep. Why has PM brought out a goat coin?
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    House Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    Just a different version. Goat and sheep are apparently the same translations of the chinese character/symbol. Same for the mouse/rat, they chose the more favorable version. Hope that's okay with ewe.
     
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    Will be interesting to see if this coin/round will be popular? Would have been good to see a Lunar ram head edition!
    Thanks House.
     
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    Maybe it was because they didn't want to remind stackers too much about their sheep mentality of buying at any price in the past years.
    Just a guess of course. It was probably a discussion of two weeks over there at the PM. :D
     
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    i think it is the same symbol, but the chinese dont have sheep. they only have goat?
     
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    sammysilver Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    "I bought a geep."
     
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    Theox, Aug 16, 2014
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    It's quite evenly split. The Royal Canadian Mint and the British Royal Mint use Sheep, Perth etc, Goat. Both are correct.
     
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    yrh0413 New Member

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    :lol: :cool: can't wait to see Royal Mint's Lunar sheep!

    on a side note, I wish my sheep looks like this... just serve mine on top of a 10 kilo lunar that's all I asked for! :p

    [​IMG]
     
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    I want my coin to say "Year of the ruminant mammal, generally with horns on its head"
     
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    As you wish, just off embargo 20 minutes ago. All versions at the link including a gilded 1oz silver. None cheap though..

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    Source: http://agaunews.com/?p=13287
     
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