The year of snake begins on February 10, 2017 and lasts until the January 30, 2017.
Although there is still more than one month to the start of the year of the snake, the Chinese have already started collecting snake coins for good luck.
Snakes coins are often made with gold, silver or other precious metals.
Chen Rui is the manager of a gold store in Beijing, and she says snake coins are already popular with collectors.
"Snake coins are perfect combination of Chinese traditional culture of animal signs and gold. They are mainly made of gold, silver and other precious metals, and they have a very high reserve value, so these snake coins are very popular among our customers."
Last year, the year of the dragon, more than 80-thousand dragon coins were sold. This year about 50-thousand snake coins are expected to be sold.
The UK's Prince William and his wife, Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge expect their first baby in the year of the snake.
For CRI, I am Li Dong.
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