2025 Perth Mint Silver Lunar Snake Coin 5oz

Description

1. 2025 Perth Mint Silver Lunar Snake Coin 5oz

Meticulously crafted from 5oz of 99.99% pure silver, this coin from The Australian Lunar Series III – 2025 Year of the Snake celebrates the sixth animal of the lunar zodiac.

Key features:

• 99.99% pure silver
• Sixth design from Australian Lunar Series III
• Authentication feature
• Australian legal tender

Auspicious animal symbol

Each animal of the lunar zodiac is said to bestow its dominant characteristics on those born during its rule. The sixth of 12 auspicious animal symbols, the snake confers wisdom, intelligence, independence, and charm on those born under its influence in 2025, 2013, 2001, 1989, 1977 and every 12th preceding year.

Year of the Snake design

The coin’s reverse portrays a coiled snake on the ground beneath hanging leaves. Included in the design is the Chinese character for ‘snake’, the inscription ‘SNAKE 2025’, and The Perth Mint’s ‘P’ mintmark.

H.M. King Charles III effigy

The coin’s obverse bears the Dan Thorne effigy of His Majesty King Charles III, as well as the weight, fineness, and the monetary denomination.