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1 Dollar - Charles III 1st Portrait - Year of the Snake - Silver Opal
| Issuer | Perth Mint, Australia |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Diameter | 36.6 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The central field features a circular inlaid panel of genuine Australian opal depicting a coiled snake rendered in vivid, iridescent colour. Surrounding the opal insert, the struck silver field incorporates intricate decorative patterning of stylised jasmine blossoms and foliage, the jasmine being a plant traditionally associated with attracting snakes in Chinese cultural symbolism. The legend YEAR OF THE SNAKE and the date 2025 appear in the outer legend, accompanied by the purity and weight designations 1oz 9999 SILVER. The Chinese character 蛇 (snake) is struck in the field alongside the Perth Mint's P mintmark and the designer's initials AH. |
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Australia's lunar series has run long enough that the Snake cycle now appears for the third time under the Perth Mint's stewardship, each iteration demanding a new obverse portrait as British monarchs have come and gone. This 2025 issue is among the earliest coins to carry Michæl Guilfoyle's first portrait of Charles III in the lunar series format, with opal inlay sourced from Australian fields — a material the mint has used selectively since the early 2000s to leverage one of the country's most commercially distinct natural resources.