2 oz Silver Lunar III Snake 2025 (Mintage: 10,000)
- Colored Design: striking in turquoise blue
- Perth Mint: Australia's minting art
- Highest Purity: fineness of 999.9
- Colored DesignFine scales and a golden-yellow eye look lifelike
- Perth MintStruck by the world-famous mint in Australia
- Highest PurityAlmost pure silver, Brilliant Uncirculated in a capsule
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Lunar III, Year of the Snake 2025
A snake,curled beneath hanging leaves.
Image of the animal side: a coloured snake, curled on the ground beneath hanging leaves, at the top 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 gold coin bears a different image, also by Sean Rogers: a snake among bamboo stems.
The character 蛇
At the top centre are the Chinese character for snake and 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 design in colour
In this version the animal is rendered in colour, on the design of the year’s silver coin.
At a glance
- Issuer
- The Perth Mint
- Face value
- 2 Australian dollars
- Fine weight
- 2 ounces fine silver
- 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.
2 oz Silver Lunar III Snake 2025 - An Extraordinary Collector's Coin with a Fascinating Design
- Absolute rarity: Only 10,000 pieces available worldwide
- Collector's potential: Exceptional appreciation potential due to strict limited mintage
- Special feature: Elaborately coloured edition of the popular Lunar series
- Investment goal: High-quality collector's coin with inflation hedge and crisis protection
- Design: Artfully coloured snake in turquoise-blue tones beneath weeping willow branches
- Material: Purest silver with a fineness of 999.9/1000
- Manufacturer: Struck by the world-famous Perth Mint
- Origin: Australian minting artistry at its finest
The silver coins of the Silver Lunar Series III are among the most sought-after collectibles worldwide. With the 2 oz edition for the Year of the Snake 2025, the Perth Mint presents a true masterpiece of coin minting. The strictly limited mintage of only 10,000 pieces makes this coin a coveted rarity for discerning collectors.
Fascinating Design Meets the Highest Minting Quality
The obverse of the coin features an artfully crafted snake in magnificent turquoise-blue tones. The reptile winds elegantly beneath drooping willow branches — a symbol of wisdom and endurance in Chinese culture. The elaborate colouring lends the design a special depth and makes each individual coin a unique work of art.
The combination of the very low mintage, the elaborately coloured design, and the high material quality makes this Lunar coin a promising investment with excellent appreciation potential.
The Perfect Union of Investment and Collector's Joy
With a fine weight of 62.21 grams of pure silver (999.9/1000), this coin is ideally suited for wealth protection. The high material quality, combined with the artistic design and the limited mintage, simultaneously makes it a coveted collector's item with above-average appreciation potential.
Technical Details and Special Features
- Face value: 2 Australian Dollars
- Diameter: 50.60 mm
- Mint quality: Mint State (MS)
- Delivered in a protective coin capsule
- Reverse featuring a portrait of King Charles III.
Secure one of the few available examples of this extraordinary collector's coin now. The combination of the mintage of only 10,000 pieces, the fascinating design, and the high material quality promises an excellent performance in the years to come.
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