2021 Great Britain £2 1-oz Silver Lunar Year of the Ox Proof NGC PF70UC First Releases

Just in Time for 2021: Great Britain’s Big Beautiful Silver Ox

Think of the ox. In Great Britain, the city of Oxford — famous for its respected university — comes from the Anglo-Saxon word Oxenaford, which literally means a “ford for oxen.” As a highly productive agricultural community dating back thousands of years, Oxfordshire is well acquainted with the ox, a beast of burden that now assumes the role the eighth release in The Royal Mint’s popular Shēngxiào Collection that pays tribute to the animals of China’s lunar calendar.

This 2021-dated release marks the first time the Year of the Ox has been immortalized on an official coin from the United Kingdom. Normally a draft animal seen pulling a yoke and plowing fields, the ox on this legal-tender £5 coin is instead depicted grazing in a field far from the burdens of its daily chores. With the Year of the Ox set to arrive on February 11, 2021, the dawn of a new year that’s free of the trials and tribulations of 2020 means these coins couldn’t arrive at a better time.

Each coin in this offer was struck in one ounce of highly pure 99.9% silver and comes graded by the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) as being in flawless Proof-70 Ultra Cameo (PF70UC) condition, a distinction that means these perfectly-graded proofs have ZERO imperfections — showing all features and fields exactly as the engraver and mint intended. In addition, NGC has certified that these proofs are First Releases (FR) coins, a designation that means they were received by NGC or an NGC-approved depository within the first 30 days of their release.

Just 3,998 of these magnificent 2021 One-Ounce Silver Great Britain Lunar Year of the Ox Proofs will ever be minted and each will be accompanied by its original government packaging that consists of a beautiful black display case inside a red Lunar Series shipper along with a Royal Mint-issued Certificate of Authenticity. Start the new year out right and secure one of these coins for your collection now before they’re all gone!

• THE YEAR OF THE OX – This coin celebrates the Year of the Ox which begins on February 11, 2021. The eighth release in The Royal Mint’s popular Shēngxiào Collection, it depicts a bucolic image of an ox grazing in a field. The obverse features the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.
• STRUCK IN HIGHLY PURE SILVER – These Silver Great Britain Lunar Year of the Ox Proofs were struck in one ounce of highly pure 99.9% silver and measure 38.61 mm in diameter.
• LEGAL TENDER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM – These 2021 One-Ounce Silver Great Britain Lunar Year of the Ox Proofs are £2 (two pounds) legal tender in Great Britain and measure 38.61 mm in diameter.
• PERFECT PROOF CONDITION – Your 2021 One-Ounce Silver Great Britain Lunar Year of the Ox Proof has been graded by the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) in perfect Proof-70 Ultra Cameo (PF70UC) condition.
• KEY FIRST RELEASES CERTIFICATION – NGC has certified that this proof is a First Releases (FR) coin, meaning that it was among the first struck by the mint and was verified within the first 30 days of issue.
• LOW LIMITED EDITION – The maximum limited edition for the 2021 One-Ounce Silver Great Britain Lunar Year of the Ox Proof has been set at just 3,998.

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