10 Euros Year of the Snake

Part of Monnaie de Paris's ongoing lunar series issued for the Chinese zodiac market, the Snake year falls in 2025 — making this a 2024-dated issue struck in advance of the cycle it commemorates, a standard practice for collector releases timed to Lunar New Year sales windows. The series competes directly with issues from the Perth Mint, Royal Mint, and others targeting the same Southeast Asian and diaspora collector base, a market that expanded sharply after 2008 and has driven most Western mints to launch their own zodiac programs.