The only coin that features The Queen's previous effigy (1990 to 2003)
Born in the Year of the Pig?
Face Value: 15 dollars Mintage: 48,888 Composition: 92.5% silver, 7.5% copper with gold-plated cameo Weight (g): 34 Diameter (mm): Coin: 40, Cameo: 17.5 Edge: Reeded Finish: Proof Certificate: Serialized Artist: Harvey Chan Reverse: All twelve animal zodiacs of the Chinese Lunar Calendar are represented with the Pig occupying the place of honour in the octagon-shaped cameo. Obverse: The former effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Dora de Pédery-Hunt.
2007 Lunar Cameo - Year of the Pig
Centuries ago, the Chinese invented a calendar based on the lunar -- rather than the solar -- cycle. In 1998, Canada inaugurated a remarkable series of coins, designed by Harvey Chan, featuring the animal symbols of Chinese astrology based on the Lunar Calendar. These symbols roughly approximate the signs of the zodiac in western culture, however, denote years instead of months. In 2007, the Royal Canadian Mint continues production of the annual series with a coin commemorating the Year of the Pig. All 12 of the Lunar animals – the Rat, the Ox, the Tiger, the Rabbit, the Dragon, the Snake, the Horse, the Sheep, the Monkey, the Rooster, the Dog and the Pig -- appear in a circular arrangement around the rim of each coin, with a different animal highlighted each year in a central cameo. The coin’s obverse bears the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by artist Dora de Pédery-Hunt.