Reverse: 2008-dated Australian Lunar gold bullion coins depict a mouse crouching on a bed of stones with chilli peppers clustered in the background. Included in the design is The Perth Mint’s ‘P’ mintmark, as well as the inscription ‘Year of the Mouse’ and the Chinese character for ‘mouse’.
Obverse: Issued as legal tender under the Australian Currency Act 1965, each gold coin depicts the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on its obverse. Also the coins origin country, year, denomination, gold weight and proof are marked on the obverse.