2 oz Gold Lunar III Snake 2025
- Perth Mint: minted in Australia
- Highest purity: fineness 999.9/1,000
- Brilliant Uncirculated: in protective capsule
- Perth MintMinted by one of the world's most respected mints
- Highest purityOne of the purest bullion coins on the market
- Brilliant UncirculatedThe coin capsule preserves shine and condition for years
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Lunar III, Year of the Snake 2025
A snake,curled among bamboo.
Image of the animal side: a snake, curled around bamboo stems, on the right the character 蛇 and SNAKE 2025, on the left a P
The animal of the year
A design by Sean Rogers
The line above follows the description of The Perth Mint.
The year’s silver coin bears a different image, also by Sean Rogers: a snake on the ground beneath hanging leaves.
In Chinese culture, bamboo is synonymous with virtue and integrity, writes The Perth Mint.
The character 蛇
On the right of the field is the Chinese character for snake, below it SNAKE 2025, on the left the P of The Perth Mint.
The Year of the Snake began on 29 January 2025.
The snake’s head
The character 蛇
Name and year
The series
One animal a year since 1996
In 1996 The Perth Mint became the first mint to release an Australian lunar programme, as it states. Each series follows the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac: Lunar I from 1996 to 2007, Lunar II from 2008 to 2019, Lunar III from 2020 to 2031.
Each year one animal is added, and the snake, the horse and the goat each have separate designs for gold and silver. The snake is the sixth animal of Lunar III, the horse the seventh, the goat the eighth.
The snake of 2025 is the first animal of Lunar III whose bullion coins show King Charles III, in the portrait by Dan Thorne. For the dragon of 2024 it was still Elizabeth II.
Snake2025
Horse2026
Goat2027
The mint
The P of Perth
The Perth Mint was founded in a gold rush. In 1892 a find near Coolgardie set off Australia’s second great gold rush of the 19th century. Premier Sir John Forrest did not want the gold to leave Western Australia for processing and secured a branch of the Royal Mint in Perth.
On 20 June 1899 the first gold was processed and struck there, and The Perth Mint has operated continuously on the same site in East Perth ever since. The sovereigns from Perth carried a small P above the date.
The designs of the snake, the horse and the goat also bear a P, as The Perth Mint’s mintmark. Today it is owned by the State of Western Australia.
The finish
The bullion coin in gold
The gold bullion coin comes in sizes from 1/20 ounce up to 10 ounces, each with the same design. It is legal tender in Australia.
The design contains a micro-engraved mark intended to make counterfeiting harder. It can only be made out with a magnifying glass.
1/4ounce
1/2ounce
1ounce
2ounces
10ounces
At a glance
- Issuer
- The Perth Mint
- Face value
- 200 Australian dollars
- Minimum weight
- 62.213 g
- Fine weight
- 2 ounces fine gold
- Fineness
- 99.99%
- Maximum diameter
- 40.90 mm
- Year
- 2025
All details according to The Perth Mint, the face value as it appears on the coin.
Struck in Perth since 1899.
Lunar III, Year of the Snake 2025.
2 oz Gold Lunar III Snake 2025 – Exquisite Investment and Collector's Coin
- Investment objective: Bullion coin with inflation hedge, value preservation, and crisis protection.
- Design: The obverse features a majestic dragon, the reverse shows King Charles III.
- Material / Fineness: 999.9/1,000 pure gold.
- Manufacturer: The renowned Perth Mint.
- Country of origin: Australia.
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