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1 Dollar - Charles III Year of the Dragon
| Issuer | Perth Mint, Australia |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a dynamic depiction of an Eastern dragon rendered in a bold, flowing linear style across the entire antiqued silver field, its sinuous body, scaled claws, and maned head filling the design space with vigorous movement amid stylised clouds and waves. At the centre of the coin, a gold-plated three-dimensional rotatable insert portrays the fearsome frontal visage of a dragon's head in high relief, its deeply carved features — bulging eyes, flared nostrils, and bared teeth — finished in warm gold gilding that contrasts dramatically with the darkened silver ground. The Perth Mint's 'P' mintmark appears at the lower right of the field, with the 'NM' privy mark at the left. The inscription '1 oz 9999 SILVER' is engraved vertically along the right inner border of the design. The overall composition evokes traditional Chinese artistic conventions associated with the Lunar Year of the Dragon. |
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The Perth Mint has produced lunar series coins continuously since 1996, making this one of the longest-running annual bullion programs from any sovereign mint. The 2024 Dragon issue falls within the third iteration of that series. Dragon years consistently record the highest demand spikes in the lunar cycle — a pattern driven by the coin's popularity across East and Southeast Asian markets, where the dragon carries specific auspicious associations that the other eleven animals do not.
Charles III's effigy, designed by King's portrait sculptor Jody Clark, appears here for only the second lunar year, having replaced Elizabeth II's likeness following her death in September 2022.