Royal Mint 2018 Lunar year of Dog 1/4 ounce 999.9 Gold Coin

Royal Mint 2018 Lunar year of Dog 1/4 ounce 999.9 Gold Coin

The Royal Mint is one of the mints that issued a 2018 Lunar year of the Dog 1/4 ounce gold coin. The coin features a design by British-Chinese artist Wuon-Gean Ho and depicts a terrier sitting in front of a stylized tree, with the Chinese character for "dog" above it. The obverse of the coin features the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, along with the denomination of 25 pounds.

The coin is struck in 1/4 ounce of 999.9 fine gold, which means that it contains 7.77 grams of pure gold. It has a diameter of 22 millimeters and a thickness of 1.63 millimeters. The Royal Mint produced a limited mintage of 1,888 pieces of this coin, which is a number considered lucky in Chinese culture.