2005 50c Year of The Rooster PNC PNCs - ANDA The Chinese character for 'pig'

The Chinese character for 'pig' and the inscription 'Year of the Pig' appear in the design with The Perth Mint's traditional 'P' mintmark

This stamp issue commemorates the 150th anniversary of the end of convict transportation

Features a glass inlay depicting a poppy field

The nine Australian pennies found in this collection depict the iconic events and key players in Cook’s Voyages of Discovery from 1768 to 1770

many of whom are proud of their resilient ancestors

2005 50c Year of The Rooster PNC PNCs - ANDA The Chinese character for 'pig'The rooster is the tenth animal in the Chinese zodiac. It crows to announce the arrival of dawn every day and symbolises reliability. The rooster is believed to ward off evil and is greatly admired as courageous and beneficent. Rooster years are 1909, 1921, 1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005. People born in the year of the rooster are clever and conscientious in fulfilling their duties, talented in organisational work, and honest.