The 2025 Year of the Snake 5 oz Copper Bar marks the Lunar New Year with a bold, hand-poured aesthetic and a design that leans into the Snake’s reputation as one of the zodiac’s most commanding symbols. Cast in five troy ounces of .999 fine copper, it delivers a substantial, dense bar with a warm reddish tone and a textured surface finish that gives each piece a distinctly handcrafted character.
Key Features:
- Metal: Copper
- Weight: 5 troy oz
- Purity: .999 fine copper
- Obverse: Coiled cobra in strike pose above inscriptions “2025 · Year of the Snake · 5 OZ · 999 FINE COPPER”
- Reverse: Plain cast surface with natural pour texture
- Finish: Hand-poured, matte cast surface
- Condition: New
The face of the bar is engraved with a rearing cobra — body coiled at the base, hood fully spread, and head raised in a forward strike position. The scales across the hood, neck, and body are individually detailed, giving the image a sharp, graphic quality against the bar’s naturally textured copper surface. Below the snake, the inscriptions are rendered in bold block type: “2025” in large numerals, “Year of the Snake” in mixed case, and “5 OZ · 999 FINE COPPER” confirming the bar’s weight and purity. The reverse is a smooth cast surface with the natural grain and matte variation typical of hand-poured copper bars — no two pieces are identical in surface character.
The bar’s warm rose-copper color deepens over time through natural oxidation, a process that many collectors appreciate as part of copper’s visual personality. At five ounces, the bar has a satisfying density and heft in hand. The cobra design connects to the Snake’s role in Chinese tradition — associated with wisdom, intuition, and careful strategy — while the upright strike pose gives the piece an energy that reads well on a shelf or in a display case.
Each bar is sold new, struck for the 2025 Lunar Year of the Snake and not available in a prior or subsequent year’s issue. For collectors building themed copper sets, stackers adding base metal variety, or anyone seeking a tangible Lunar New Year piece with real metal content, this bar is a direct and unpretentious option. Add the 2025 Year of the Snake Copper Bar to your cart today.