Lunar II: Year of the Rooster 1000 gram Gold

Year of the Monkey 1000 grams
(Year of the Monkey 1 kilo of Gold)

The Australian Mint began production of the Lunar I series coins in 1999-the first coin struck was the Year of the Rabbit. The last coin in the Lunar I series was the Year of the Pig (2007).After the popularity of Series I, the Perth Mint began minting Series II , which began in 2008 with the Year of the Rat coin and will conclude in 2019 with the Year of the Pig.