Tuvalu 2025 $1 Lunar Year of The Snake Rotating Charm 1oz Silver Antiqued Coin Silver - $5 Proof Australia's first official coins

Australia's first official coins

The design featured is taken from a painting by aboriginal artist Mark Nodea

From these beginnings grew a mining industry that constitutes more than five per cent of Australia’s gross domestic product today

At 5am on 11 November 1918

The reverse of this coin commemorates the city of Melbourne

Tuvalu 2025 $1 Lunar Year of The Snake Rotating Charm 1oz Silver Antiqued Coin Silver - $5 Proof Australia's first official coinsAccording to tradition, the snake finished sixth in the Emperors Great Race and subsequently it has represented every sixth year in the 12 year lunar cycle. The coin incorporates a rotating gold plated sterling silver bead resembling a coiled snake. It is surrounded by a representation of two snakes among stylised foliage. Also included is The Perth Mints P mintmark.