Silver Ounce (x4) 2025 Year of the Snake Quadrant, Coin from Tuvalu - detailed information

The Tuvaluan Dollar is the currency of Tuvalu - a small nation in the Pacific Ocean. Tuvalu has never had banknotes of its own, and has been issuing coins since 1976; these circulate together with coins of the Australian Dollar, which is also legal tender in the country, and to which the Tuvaluan Dollar is pegged.

The Australian Perth Mint issues a large variety of non-circulating legal tender coins under the authority of Tuvalu. Some of these are in the silver ounce format, and some are in the "quadrant" format which the mint pioneered.

This is actually a set of four separate one-ounce coloured silver coins, each with a fan shape, which come together into a round shape with a square hole in the middle in the manner of old "ban liang" Chinese coins. Given that these are distributed together and are not supposed to be separated, they are described together on this page.

The mint says about it:
The snake is significant in traditional Chinese culture as the sixth animal symbol in the ancient lunar calendar. People born under the auspices of the snake in 2025, 2013, 2001, 1989, and every 12th preceding year are said to be intelligent, independent, and charming.

The coloured artistry of each coin in this set come together to create a pleasing panoramic tribute to the snake. The vividly coloured coins portray individual yellow, green, blue, and red snakes on interlinking background imagery constituting a Chinese landscape featuring a traditional pagoda, a moon bridge, a waterfall and a meandering river. Each coin also features The Perth Mint’s "P" mintmark.