The Perth Mint's lunar series tied to the Chinese zodiac calendar was designed explicitly to capture demand from Southeast Asian and diaspora markets, where gifting gold on zodiac-year occasions carries genuine cultural weight. The 2010 Tiger issue falls in the second iteration of Perth's lunar program — the Lunar Series II — which began in 2008 and ran through 2019, each year re-engaging buyers who had committed to the full twelve-coin run.
At 1/20 troy ounce, this is the smallest denomination in the Tiger release's weight ladder, which extended up to one kilogram.
The Perth Mint's lunar series tied to the Chinese zodiac calendar was designed explicitly to capture demand from Southeast Asian and diaspora markets, where gifting gold on zodiac-year occasions carries genuine cultural weight. The 2010 Tiger issue falls in the second iteration of Perth's lunar program — the Lunar Series II — which began in 2008 and ran through 2019, each year re-engaging buyers who had committed to the full twelve-coin run.
At 1/20 troy ounce, this is the smallest denomination in the Tiger release's weight ladder, which extended up to one kilogram.