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Coin Details

Origin/Country: AUSTRALIA - LUNAR
Design Description: BULLION COINS - SILVER SNAKE
Item Description: S50C 2013P YEAR OF THE SNAKE EARLY RELEASES
Full Grade: NGC MS 70
Owner: DCZAN

Owner Comments:

This 15.537 grams, .999 Ag, 50 cents, 2013 coin celebrates the Year of the Snake, the sixth animal in the twelve year cycle of the Chinese zodiac. The birth dates for people ruled by the Chinese Lunar snake include 1905, 1917, 1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001 and 2013. Those born under the influence of this sign are said to be intelligent, graceful, independent, analytical and charming. The reverse of each coin depicts a representation of a snake curled around a tree branch. The Chinese character for ‘snake’ and the inscription "Year of the Snake" also appear in the design with The Perth Mint’s traditional ‘P’ mintmark. Issued as legal tender under the Australian Currency Act 1965, each coin features the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on its obverse. This coin has a low NGC population of just 1036.

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