1 Ounce Gold Dragon 2019 Proof (Mintage: 188 | Perth Mint | Chinese Mythical Creatures)
- Golden dragon: chasing the pearl
- Divine creature: revered in China
- Only 188 coins: proof
- Golden dragonThe flaming pearl stands for wisdom and enlightenment
- Divine creatureThe dragon stands for power, strength, wealth and luck
- Only 188 coinsIn the Perth Mint wooden case with numbered certificate
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1 ounce fine gold
It breathes no fire. It brings the rain.
Golden Dragon 2019, side with the dragon
On this coin the dragon sweeps across the field in an S-shaped curve.
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 it makes its way through the clouds.
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
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 phoenix
Dragon and phoenix, emperor and empress.
On a porcelain plate of the Wanli period in the Metropolitan Museum, the five-clawed dragon is the emblem of the emperor. At its side appears the phoenix, which often stands for the empress.
On a wedding robe from the 1930s in the Victoria and Albert Museum, too, dragon and phoenix form the basic pattern, as the male and female elements of marriage. By tradition, the bride was “empress of the day.”
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 pearlIn art, the dragon often chases a pearl, a symbol of wisdom.
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
- Weight
- 1 ounce fine gold
- Fineness
- 999.9/1,000
- Face value
- 100 Dollars
- Country of issue
- Australia
- Diameter
- 32.6 mm
- Year
- 2019
- Quality
- Proof
- Mintage
- 188 pieces
- Designer
- Jennifer McKenna
- 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 Drache 2019 PP (Auflage: 188 | Perth Mint | Chinesische Fabelwesen)
Auflage: 188 Münzen weltweit!
Diese Münze wurde von der Perth Mint aus einer Unze Gold mit 999,9/1.000 geprägt und zeigt einen Goldenen Drachen, der einer brennenden Perle nachjagt. In der chinesischen Kultur wird der Drache als göttliches Wesen und starkes Symbol für Macht, Stärke, Reichtum und Glück verehrt. Das legendäre Tier wird in der Kunst traditionell auf der Jagd nach einer „flammenden Perle“ dargestellt, die als Metapher für Weisheit und Erleuchtung steht. Um den ewigen Schatz einfangen zu können, wird er meist mit offenem Mund sowie großen Augen dargestellt. Auf der Rückseite der Münze ist das Jody Clark-Bildnis Ihrer Majestät Königin Elizabeth II., das Ausgabejahr 2019, das Nominal $100 sowie das traditionelle Münzzeichen „P“ der Perth Mint abgebildet. Die streng limitierte Goldmünze wird im originalen Holzetui der Perth Mint inklusive nummeriertem Echtheits-Zertifikat geliefert.
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