1 Ounce Gold Golden Dragon 2021 (Mintage: 188 | Perth Mint)
- Flaming pearl: in the dragon's grip
- Luck and strength: in Chinese culture
- Fine gold 999.9/1000: in a case
- Flaming pearlIt stands for wisdom, enlightenment and spiritual energy
- Luck and strengthIn China, people with great luck are even called “dragon”
- Fine gold 999.9/1000The Queen's portrait by Jody Clark, face value 100 dollars
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1 ounce fine gold
It breathes no fire. It brings the rain.
Golden Dragon 2021, side with the dragon
On this coin the dragon coils, with the pearl floating at the upper 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.”
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
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
- 2021
- Quality
- Proof
- Mintage
- 188 pieces
- Designer
- Lucas Bowers
- Manufacturer
- Perth Mint
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 2021 (Auflage: 188 | Perth Mint)
Auflage: 188 Münzen weltweit!
Die australische Drachen-Serie hat sich in den vergangenen Jahren zu einer beliebten Investment-Alternative für Sammler und Anleger entwickelt. Die niedrige Auflage und das exotische Motiv sorgen für eine hohe Nachfrage, insbesondere in Asien, wo das Motiv seinen Ursprung hat.
Der chinesische Markt zählt zu den wichtigsten Wachstumsbereichen der australischen Münzprägestätte. Ein Großteil der Münzen verschwindet jedes Jahr in Tresoren in China. Aber auch in Europa und Amerika ist der Trend nach asiatischen Motiven in den letzten Jahren deutlich zu erkennen. Der Drache zählt zu den wichtigsten Fabelwesen in der chinesischen Kultur. Er wird als mythisches Wesen verstanden, welches stärke, Wohlstand und Glück verdeutlicht. Oft werden diejenigen Chinesen, welche besonders viel berufliches oder persönliches Glück haben, als Drache bezeichnet. Auf dieser Münze sehen wir auf der Motivseite die Abbildung eines Drachen, der sich um eine flammende Kugel windet. Die flammende Kugel steht für Weisheit, Erleuchtung und spirituelle Energie.
Auf der Vorderseite ist das Portrait von Elisabeth II., designt von Jody Clark, zu sehen sowie die Umschrift „ELIZABETH II“, „AUSTRALIA“ und der Nennwert von „100 DOLLARS“.
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