A magnificent white tiger climbing among mountainous peaks is on the reverse of the coin. Representations of Asian Maple trees are splashed across the coin in red coloured leaves,representing autumn, the season associated with metal. The Chinese characters for 'white tiger'adorn the reverse. The White Tiger is a mythological guardian of the West. In the ancient Five Elements theory, wood, fire, earth, metal and water were considered to be basic constituents of everything in the universe and metal denoted the direction West and was represented by the colour white.
Each coin comes with a classic display case and an illustrated outer box and has a numbered Certificate of Authenticity.
Coin Highlights:
- Design features a magnificent white tiger climbing among mountainous peaks
- Struck by The Perth Mint from 2oz of 99.99% pure silver
- Worldwide mintage of 888 coins
- Tuvalu legal tender
