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1 Dollar - Charles III 1st Portrait - Year of the Snake, Silver
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Composition | Silver (.999) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A highly detailed relief depiction of a snake coiling dynamically around a cluster of bamboo shoots, its scales rendered with fine engraving throughout the field. Bamboo leaves extend to the left and right, framing the composition. The Chinese character 蛇 (Snake) appears in bold script to the upper left, accompanied by the English legend YEAR OF THE SNAKE. The weight, fineness, and designer's initials are inscribed in the lower left field. |
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Australia's lunar coin program has run continuously since 1996, cycling through the twelve-year zodiac calendar twice over. This third-cycle Snake issue is among the earliest Australian coins to feature the first portrait of Charles III by obverse sculptor Mishka Westell, whose effigy was formally adopted by the Royal Australian Mint in 2023 — distinct from the Jody Clark portrait used on most Commonwealth coinage.