2013 1 Kilo Colorized Australian Silver Lunar Snake Gemstone Eye Coin (BU, Box + CoA)

2013 1 Kilo Colorized Australian Silver Lunar Snake Gemstone Eye Coin (BU, Box + CoA)

Year 2013
Mint Mark P – Perth Mint
Purity .999
Manufacturer Perth Mint
Thickness 14.6 mm
Diameter 100.6 mm
Denomination $30
Condition Brilliant Uncirculated
Face Value $30 AUD
Issuing Country Australia
Obverse Designer Ian Rank-Broadley
Reverse Designer Ing Ing Jong
Edge Design Reeded
Series Lunar Series II
CoA Yes
Mintage 5,000
Packaging Type Presentation Packaging
Package Dimensions 6.65×6.65×1.57
Metal Weight 32.15 Troy Ounces
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2013 1 Kilo Colorized Australian Silver Lunar Snake Gemstone Eye Coin (BU, Box + CoA)

The Lunar Series II collection of coins from the Perth Mint is one of the most coveted in the world right now. With new design releases each year, the Perth Mint has attracted both investors and collectors to these beloved coins. Today, the 2013 1 Kilo Colorized Australian Silver Snake Gemstone Eye Coin is available from complex bullion.

The 2013 Perth Mint 1 Kilo Lunar Year of the Snake “Gemstone” Silver Coin is perhaps the most striking of the large coins offered in the Perth Mint’s “ 2013 Lunar Year of the Snake” line. This is the sixth year of Series II in this incredibly popular line of Chinese Lunar Calendar silver bullion coins. Limited to 5,000 coins, this massive 100.60 mm coin is made from 1 kilo (32.15 oz) of .999 fine silver, and each has a black diamond for the eye of the full color snake on reverse. Each coin comes in a red and black presentation box with COA. People born in the Year of the Snake are intellectual, intuitive and elegant. 1917, 1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001 and 2013 are Years of the Snake. The Snake’s best friends are the Ox, the Rooster and the Dragon. Relations with the Tiger or the Pig are hard to maintain. The obverse features the Ian Rank-Broadley right-side effigy of Queen Elizabeth II. The weight and purity of “1 KG 999 silver” is the to the left of the date, and the denomination of 30 Dollars is to the right. The reverse features a large yellow and black snake curled over a tree branch, watching the goings-on of the world beneath him. The visible eye of the snake is set with a black diamond, representing Wisdom. The Chinese character for Snake is inscribed below the snake’s head, and the motto “Year of the Snake” is across the bottom of the coin. The Perth Mint mint mark is to the far right, near the snake’s tongue.

Coin Highlights:

  • Ships in a classic black Perth Mint box with a Certificate of Authenticity.
  • Limited mintage of only 5,000 coins.
  • 6th design in Lunar Series II.
  • Honors the Year of the Snake.
  • Contains 1 Kilo (32.15 Troy oz) of .999 pure silver.
  • Face value of $30 (AUD) is fully backed by Australia’s government.
  • Obverse features Queen Elizabeth II.
  • Reverse bears the Year of the Snake design.

With each new release in the Lunar Series II program, the Perth Mint of Australia honors a different year on the Chinese Lunar Calendar. Consisting of 12 different animals, the Zodiac cycle runs on a 12-year interval. Those born in 2013, for example, are born under the sign of the snake, as are those born every 12th year going forward and backward in time.

The Year of the Snake appears as the sixth in the Lunar Series II program, which began in 2008. This series immediately followed the successful Lunar Series I coins from the mint which were available from 1996 to 2007, and featured less intricate designs than their modern counterparts.

On the reverse of the 2013 1 Kilo Colorized Australian Silver Snake Gemstone Eye Coin is the Year of the Snake design from the Perth Mint. It features a tree snake coiled around the branch of a tree. It is colored primarily in black, with a few scales featuring yellow colorization. If you look closely at the snake’s eye, you’ll notice a black diamond in the eye, which signifies wisdom.

The obverse of all Lunar Series II coins includes Queen Elizabeth II’s effigy. Her Majesty is featured in right-profile relief on the obverse of all Australian coinage, and in this particular portrait from 1998 she is captured around the age of 68. Ian Rank-Broadley is the Royal Mint artist behind this particular rendition.

Each 2013 1 Kilo Colorized Australian Silver Snake Gemstone Eye coin features that singular black diamond gemstone set in the one eye of the snake which is visible. Each one ships to you inside of the Perth Mint’s classic black display box with red lid.

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