LUNAR COMBO: Australian Opal Lunar Series 2025 Year of the Snake 1oz Silver Proof Coin and Lunar Year of the Dragon 2024 $5 Domed Fine Silver Proof Coin

The Coin Company is proud to present LUNAR COMBO: Australian Opal Lunar Series 2025 Year of the Snake 1oz Silver Proof Coin by the Perth Mint and Lunar Year of the Dragon 2024 $5 Domed Fine Silver Proof Coin by the Royal Australian Mint.

Australian Opal Lunar Series 2025 Year of the Snake 1oz Silver Proof Coin

The snake occupies the sixth position in the lunar calendar. Those born under the sign of the Chinese Lunar Snake in 2025, 2013, 2001, 1989, 1977 and every 12th preceding year, are said to be wise, intelligent, and charming. Being passionate and articulate, they are also thought to make great leaders.

The coin's reverse incorporates a circular panel featuring an elegant snake detailed in pure Australian opal.

Struck elements include intricate patterning with stylised depictions of jasmine, a plant said to attract snakes. The design also includes the inscription 'YEAR OF THE SNAKE' and the Chinese character for 'snake' together with the 2025 year-date, the coin's weight and purity, and The Perth Mint's 'P' mintmark.

Australian Opal Lunar Series 2025 Year of the Snake 1oz Silver Proof Coin has a limited mintage of 6,000.

Lunar Year of the Dragon 2024 $5 Domed Fine Silver Proof Coin

Lunar New Year is celebrated throughout the world, with coins considered traditional gifts. Featuring the noble and confident Dragon on the reverse and the Lunar calendar wheel on the obverse, this coin is an auspicious gift or collectible. The Dragon is the fifth of the twelve signs in the Chinese Zodiac. According to legend twelve animals participated in a race across a river to allow the Jade Emperor to establish the order of the signs of the Chinese horoscope. Everyone thought that the Dragon would come first as it could fly, but it stopped to help some villages along the way. It also felt sorry for the Rabbit and decided to help it ashore first, allowing the Rabbit to take fourth place.

The reverse of this 2024 $5 Fine Silver Proof Domed Coin features the mythical Dragon surrounded by auspicious clouds. The obverse bears the Lunar calendar wheel, rotated so that the Dragon is show at the top, along with the 2024 Memorial Obverse features the effigy of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II sculpted by Jody Clark, and her reign dates.

Lunar Year of the Dragon 2024 $5 Doomed Fine Silver Proof Coin has a limited mintage of 7,500.