The Issuance of the Chinese Zodiac Commemorative Coin Set for the Yi Si Year of the Snake
Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
PRESS RELEASE Release Date: December 20, 2024
The Issuance of the Chinese Zodiac Commemorative Coin Set for the Yi Si Year of the Snake
The Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) will issue a coin set for the Yi Si Year of the Snake, the ninth set of the third series of the Chinese Zodiac Commemorative Coin Set.
1. Sales Channels and Duration
The Bank has delegated the Bank of Taiwan (BOT) to conduct the sale of the coin sets both online and through its branch network. The public can place orders online starting at 10:00 a.m. on December 20 through to midnight on December 26, 2024, or purchase the coin sets in person at any BOT branch from January 9, 2025 onwards.
2. Sales Quantity and Price
A total of 80,000 coin sets will be offered at NT$1,900 each. Half of the coin sets will be sold online and the remainder through the BOT branches. Each purchaser can place only one order online for up to five coin sets, or purchase the coin sets at any BOT branch on a first-come, first-served basis, limited to two sets per purchaser at a time.
3. Design
Each set consists of one silver coin weighing an ounce with a face value of NT$100, as well as one copper-alloy coin with a face value of NT$10. The obverse of the silver coin shows the gold-plated image of a snake. The reverse features an image of the Lukang International Dragon Boat Race in Changhua County, which celebrates the Taiwan’s traditional Dragon Boat festival. The image on the obverse of the copper-alloy coin is a hundred-pace snake protecting its eggs, while the image of the lotus on the reverse is pad printed in color.
4. Online Orders
Each purchaser can place only one order on the BOT designated online ordering platform at https://coinset.bot.com.tw. If the total number of online orders exceeds the online sales quota, a computer-generated random lottery will be conducted. The result will be announced on the BOT’s website before 6:00 p.m. on December 27, 2024. Payments must be made no later than 3:30 p.m. on January 2, 2025. Once the payment is made successfully, the coin set(s) can be collected from the BOT branch designated when the order was placed, within a month starting from January 9, 2025.
For more information about the online ordering process, please visit the BOT’s website listed above. For other information about the coin sets, please visit our official website or Virtual Money Museum website .
