Perth Mint's annual Australian Barn Owl bullion release occupies a specific niche in the market: fractional quarter-ounce gold priced accessibly for retail stackers while carrying the legal tender backing of the Australian government under the Currency Act 1965. The sixth portrait of Elizabeth II — sculpted by Jody Clark and adopted by the Perth Mint in 2015 — appears here despite her death in September 2022, making 2023-dated issues among the last to bear it before the transition to Charles III coinage began working through the mint's production schedule.
Perth Mint's annual Australian Barn Owl bullion release occupies a specific niche in the market: fractional quarter-ounce gold priced accessibly for retail stackers while carrying the legal tender backing of the Australian government under the Currency Act 1965. The sixth portrait of Elizabeth II — sculpted by Jody Clark and adopted by the Perth Mint in 2015 — appears here despite her death in September 2022, making 2023-dated issues among the last to bear it before the transition to Charles III coinage began working through the mint's production schedule.