1/4 oz Gold Lunar III Snake 2025 (Mintage: 3,500 | Proof)
- Fine minting: scales down to the detail
- Perth Mint: renowned mint
- Gift idea: in an elegant display stand
- Fine mintingScales, head and eyes finely detailed against bamboo
- Perth MintFrom Australia's renowned mint in Perth
- Gift ideaStylishly presented and protected for special occasions
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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
Proof in gold
On the proof coin, the frosted design stands on a mirror-polished field, as The Perth Mint describes it.
It bears the design of the year’s gold coin.
At a glance
- Issuer
- The Perth Mint
- Face value
- 25 Australian dollars
- Fine weight
- 1/4 ounce fine gold
- Fineness
- 99.99%
- 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.
1/4 oz Gold Lunar III Snake 2025 (Mintage: 3,500 | Proof)
- Minting quality: Highest minting quality Proof (PP)
- Limited: Only 3,500 pieces available worldwide
- Packaging: Presented in an elegant display case
- Diameter: 20.60 mm
- Fine weight: 7.78 g
- Material / Fineness: Pure gold with a fineness of 999.9/1,000
- Manufacturer: Perth Mint
- Country of origin: Australia
- Design: Detailed depiction of a snake
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