The Perth Mint strikes its Lunar Series III in platinum far less often than gold or silver, and the 2025 Year of the Snake issue gives platinum buyers a rare shot at the program. Each coin contains 1 troy oz of .9995 fine platinum, carries a $100 AUD face value, and arrives in Brilliant Uncirculated condition inside a protective capsule. The design rotates annually with the Chinese zodiac, which keeps every date a one-year issue.
Key Features:
- Purity and Weight: .9995 fine platinum, 1 troy oz
- Metal Type: Platinum
- Obverse Design: Dan Thorne effigy of King Charles III with weight, fineness, and $100 AUD face value
- Reverse Design: Snake coiled through bamboo with the Chinese character for snake, SNAKE 2025, and the P mintmark
- Limited mintage of 5,000 coins.
- IRA-approved for precious metals portfolios.
The reverse follows a snake as it winds upward through a stand of bamboo, its body wrapping the central stalk in three full coils before the head emerges alert near the top. Each scale is struck individually, giving the body a textured, shifting surface that plays against the smooth field. Bamboo leaves spread across the upper right, the P mintmark for Perth sits at the left edge, and the Chinese character for snake appears above the inscriptions SNAKE and 2025. In the Chinese zodiac, the snake stands for wisdom, intuition, and quiet determination, and those born under it are said to share these traits.
The obverse bears Dan Thorne’s left-facing portrait of King Charles III, the effigy introduced across Australian coinage after the accession. CHARLES III and AUSTRALIA circle the rim, with 1oz 9995 Pt and 100 DOLLARS stated plainly below the portrait.
As legal tender of Australia, every coin is government-backed for weight and purity. Platinum lunar issues see much smaller production than their gold and silver counterparts, and the metal itself remains underrepresented in most portfolios, a combination that works in a buyer’s favor. Each coin ships encapsulated to protect its BU surfaces.
One ounce of sovereign platinum in a single-year zodiac design covers diversification and collectibility in one purchase. Order the 2025 Platinum Lunar Snake today before the date sells through.