1 oz Gold Golden Dragon 2020 PP (Mintage: 188 | Proof)
Strictly limited mintage, a must-have for collectors- Symbolic gold dragon with 999.9/1,000 fineness
- Elegant packaging, perfect for collector's items
- Exclusive rarity: With only 188 pieces minted worldwide, this coin is a top-tier rarity for collectors
- Chinese mythology: The Golden Dragon as a symbol of luck and intelligence, masterfully depicted on purest gold
- Elegant presentation: Delivered in an elegant wooden box from the Perth Mint, underscoring the value of this special investment
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It breathes no fire. It brings the rain.
Golden Dragon 2020, side with the dragon
On this coin the dragon faces the viewer, with the pearl floating beside it on the left.
From the water into the clouds
It lives in the water and rises into the clouds.
Dragons have appeared in Chinese art since Neolithic times. No later than the Han dynasty, from 206 BC to AD 220, they were regarded as beings of water: they live in rivers and seas, fly up into the clouds, govern the weather and bring the life-giving rain.
This is how old books tell it: the dragon’s breath becomes clouds, and the clouds become rain or lightning. In winter it sleeps beneath rivers and ponds, in the first month of spring it rises, and then it thunders, and rain falls.
In China it stands for the beneficence of heaven. The dragons of Europe are mostly winged and breathe fire, while in East Asia the dragon is regarded as a benevolent being, usually without any wings.
“Above all things the dragon in China is a rain-maker.”
On this coin clouds drift around the dragon.
A dragon made of many animals
The antlers of the stag, the scales of the carp.
According to old tradition, the dragon is made up of parts of many animals: the antlers of the stag, the scales of the carp, the claws of the eagle and the body of the snake. Learned Chinese books also name whiskers at the mouth and a luminous pearl beneath the chin.
The magnifying glass reveals how finely the design is struck here.
HeadThe head of the dragon
PearlThe pearl, symbol of wisdom
ClawsClaws like those of an eagle
ScalesScales like those of a carp
Enlarged from the pictures in our gallery.
The legend of the Dragon Gate
The carp, which becomes a dragon.
A legend tells of the Yellow River: a carp that swims upstream through the Dragon Gate becomes a dragon.
In China the image stood for passing the civil service examination. On a Yuan dynasty inkstone in the Metropolitan Museum, the grinding surface and the ink well lie between carp and dragon; their diligent use might well decide success.
The pearl
The pearl, chased by the dragon.
In Chinese art, dragons often chase a flaming pearl or hold it fast. The Smithsonian interprets it as a symbol of wisdom.
More companions of the dragon
The phoenixThe phoenix often stands for the empress, the dragon for the emperor.
The tigerThe dragon stands for the east, the white tiger for the west.
The five elementsEarth, wood, metal, fire and water follow one another in a cycle.
The qilinWith the dragon, phoenix and tortoise, one of the four spiritual beings.
The emblem of the emperor
From the waves at the hem to the pearl.
An imperial robe of yellow silk from the Qianlong period, shown at the Palace Museum in Beijing in 2019, follows the usual arrangement from bottom to top: water lines form the waves of the ocean, from them rises Mount Kunlun, and at chest height the five-clawed dragon chases the flaming pearl.
The claws mattered: the five-clawed dragon, long, was distinguished from the four-clawed one, mang, which stood for lower ranks.
“Only the emperor and empress were allowed to wear bright yellow.”
The craft
What sets this piece apart.
Every year the Golden Dragon shows a new design, always on one ounce of gold in Proof and with a mintage of 188 pieces.
- Proof
- The field is polished to a mirror finish, with the design set on it in matte. This makes the dragon stand out clearly against the gleaming background.
Our dragons to scale
Dainty in gold, mighty in silver.
From 1/200 ounce of gold to 5 ounces of silver, side by side to the scale of their dimensions. The piece on this page is marked.
Whatever is available links to its product.
1/200 ounceGold, 14 mmGold14 mm
1 ounceGold, 32.6 mmGold32.6 mm
1 ounceSilver, 40 mmSilver40 mm
2 ouncesGold, 36.6 mmGold36.6 mm
2 ouncesSilver, 50 mmSilver50 mm
3 ouncesSilver, 50 mmSilver50 mm
5 ouncesSilver, 65.25 mmSilver65.25 mm
At a glance
- Type
- Coin
- Metal
- Gold
- Design
- Dragon with pearl
- Weight
- 1 ounce fine gold
- Fineness
- 999.9/1,000
- Face value
- 100 Dollars
- Country of issue
- Australia
- Diameter
- 32.6 mm
- Year
- 2020
- Quality
- Proof
- Mintage
- 188 pieces
- Manufacturer
- Perth Mint
- Packaging
- Case
A coiled dragon of jade, made in the Shang dynasty, in the 13th or 12th century BC.
Pendant in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
1 Unze Gold Goldener Drache 2020 PP Chinesische Fabelwesen (Auflage: 188 | Polierte Platte)
Auflage: 188 Münzen weltweit!
Eine echte Besonderheit der Perth Mint.
Nur wenige Münzen der Serie -Chinesische Fabelwesen- haben es nach Europa geschafft.
Münzen mit asiatischen Motiven sind sehr gefragt, vor allem wenn die Münzen aus der Prägung der Perth Mint stammen. Die Perth Mint steht für hohe Qualität und ist daher bei Sammler sehr gefragt.
Drachen haben in der chinesischen Kultur eine sehr große Bedeutung. Der “Long”, wie der Drache in China bezeichnet wird, ist laut der Mythologie, da sie sowohl das Wetter beeinflussen als auch das Auftauchen einer wichtigen Person, eines Kaisers, andeuten. Ebenso symbolisiert der Drache in China zwar auch Reichtum, doch vor allem steht er für Glück, für Güte und Intelligenz. Deshalb ist das chinesische Sternzeichen “Drache” von besonderer Bedeutung für die Chinesen. Wie auch bei der Gestaltung bei dieser Münze wird die flammende Kugel oft in Verbindung mit dem Drachen gebracht. Die flammende Kugel ist ein Zeichen für Weisheit.
Die Münze wird in einer edlen Holzbox der Perth Mint geliefert und ist aufgrund der geringen Auflage von nur 188 Münzen weltweit eine sehr gute Anlageform, nicht nur für Sammler.
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