Australia's lunar series coins have been struck at both the Perth Mint and the Royal Australian Mint, but the RAM's involvement in larger-format silver proofs of this type was limited — making this 155.5g piece one of the less prolific issues in the broader Australian lunar canon. The Year of the Snake fell in 2013, corresponding to a year associated in the Chinese zodiac cycle with wisdom and deliberation, a pairing that made these coins particularly marketable to Southeast Asian collector networks that had become a significant driver of Australian bullion proof demand by the early 2010s.
Australia's lunar series coins have been struck at both the Perth Mint and the Royal Australian Mint, but the RAM's involvement in larger-format silver proofs of this type was limited — making this 155.5g piece one of the less prolific issues in the broader Australian lunar canon. The Year of the Snake fell in 2013, corresponding to a year associated in the Chinese zodiac cycle with wisdom and deliberation, a pairing that made these coins particularly marketable to Southeast Asian collector networks that had become a significant driver of Australian bullion proof demand by the early 2010s.