In 2017 to celebrate the Lunar Year of the Rooster, the Royal Mint released a special Limited Issue British Lunar Rooster £100 One Hundred Pound Gold Proof Coin struck in solid fine .9999 Gold weighing one ounce of fine pure Gold Certified Slabbed and Graded by PCGS as PR70 DCAM.
The reverse designed by Wuon-Gean Ho depicts a Marsh Daisy Rooster with ten flowers in the foreground which are Marsh Daisies or Sea Thrift while the obverse features the Fifth Portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Jody Clark .
These legal tender coins have been struck to proof quality using specially prepared dies and highly polished blanks.
Years of Birth:
26 January 1933 - 13 February 1934 Water Rooster
13 February 1945 - 1 February 1946 Wood Rooster
31 January 1957 - 17 February 1958 Fire Rooster
17 February 1969 - 5 February 1970 Earth Rooster
5 February 1981 - 24 January 1982 Metal Rooster
23 January 1993 - 9 February 1994 Water Rooster
9 February 2005 - 28 January 2006 Wood Rooster
28 January 2017 - 15 February 2018 Fire Rooster
13 February 2029 - 2 February 2030 Earth Rooster
1 February 2041 - 21 January 2042 Metal Rooster
Lucky Numbers: 5 , 7 and 8
Lucky Colours: Golden, Brown, Brownish Yellow, Yellow
Avoid Colours: White and Green
Lucky Flowers: Gladiola, Impatiens, Cockscomb