2008 Year of Mouse (1 oz Gilded)

Issue price: A$94.55
Declared mintage: 15,827

2008 Year of Mouse Second Series

Coin's reverse design depicts two mice on a bed of straw with two pumpkins in the background

1 oz Obverse

2 oz Obverse

Seemingly in sync with the Gold Series, which began in 1996, Year of the Mouse, the second of the Silver Lunar Series began production in 2008. The Second Series coins were larger in diameter and hence thinner.

There are 8 denominations for the Silver Series: 10 kilo, 1 kilo, 1/2 kilo, 10 oz, 5 oz, 2 oz, 1 oz, 1/2 oz.

10 kilo: $300

Diameter: 221.0mm

Thickness: 33.0mm

Mintage: 35

1 kilo: $30

Diameter: 100.6 mm

Thickness: 14.6 mm

Mintage: N.A.

1/2 kilo: $15

Diameter: 100.6 mm

Thickness: 7.4 mm

Mintage: 739

10 oz: $10

Diameter: 85.6 mm

Thickness: 6.6 mm

Mintage: 3,718

5 oz: $8

Diameter: 65.6 mm

Thickness: 5.8 mm

Mintage: 3,005

2 oz: $2

Diameter: 55.6 mm

Thickness: 3.6 mm

Mintage: 9,126

1 oz: $1

Diameter: 45.6 mm

Thickness: 2.6 mm

Mintage: 300,000 (Maximum Mintage)

1/2 oz: 50c

Diameter: 36.6 mm

Thickness: 2.3 mm

Mintage: 17,114

• Maximum Mintage of 1 oz Gilded BU*: 50,000 (With numbered COA & presentation packaging)
• Maximum Mintage of 1 oz Coloured BU: 3,800 (With numbered COA & presentation packaging)
• Maximum Mintage of 1 oz Proof: 5,000 (With numbered COA & presentation packaging)
• Maximum Mintage of 3-Coin Proof Set#: 1,000 sets (With numbered COA & presentation packaging)
• Maximum Mintage of 4-Coin Typeset^: 1,500 sets (With numbered COA & presentation packaging)
• Maximum Mintage of 1 kg Proof: 500
• Maximum Mintage of 1 kg Gemstone (with blue sapphire eye inserts): 5,000 (With numbered COA & presentation packaging)

* It is not known how many 1 oz Gilded BU version would be issued without COA & Box.

# The 3-Coin Proof Set comprises of 2, 1 & 1/2 oz Proof coins.

^ The 4-Coin Typeset comprises of 1 oz coin in 4 different types of finish - BU, BU Coloured, BU Gilded & Proof. The 4-Coin Typeset was only available for sale in March 2009.

Transacted price (shipped) (Jan - Nov 2010)

Series 2

1 Kilo: NIL

10 oz: NIL

5 oz: S$194 (Very Scarce)

2 oz: S$158 - 306

1 oz: S$50 - 72

1/2 oz: S$30 - 52

1 oz Proof with COA & Box: S$114

3 Coin Proof Set with COA & Box: S$684

In January 2011, while Perth Mint declared that the 2011 1 oz Rabbit mintage of 300,000 has been reached, it was also announced that the Mint has received an order large enough to continue to strike the 2008 1 oz Mouse up to its maximum mintage. This has incurred the wrath of some collectors despite the Mint reserving their rights to re-open their striking of the 1 oz up to their maximum mintage or when the entire Second Series is closed. The same can be done on the 1 kilo version while the striking for rest of the denominations for the 2008 Mouse is declared closed.

2008 Year of Mouse

In 2007, Perth Mint decided to complete the issue of the first Australian Lunar Series with a simultaneous release of the final three designs - Mouse, Ox and Tiger. Hence, all three coins have the same obverse design with 2007 struck on it instead of the years of the Lunar years. Initially, 7 sizes were planned to be produced, leaving the 10 kg version out. However, final mintage showed that only 3 sizes were produced.

Series 1

1 Kilo: 3,344

2 oz: 7,221

1 oz: 59,623

Transacted price (shipped) (Jul - Dec 2009)

1 Kilo: S$890 - 1,055

2 oz: S$94 - 137

1 oz: S$47 - 57

Transacted price (shipped) (Jan - Nov 2010)

1 Kilo: S$1,169

2 oz: S$89 - 160

1 oz: S$54 - 76

3 Coin Proof Set with COA & Box: S$460