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2026 1 oz Australian Rectangular Gold Dragon Coin (BU)

The Perth Mint’s rectangular Dragon bullion coins are among the most visually striking and creatively ambitious precious metals releases the celebrated Australian institution has produced, their distinctive non-circular format providing an expansive, architecturally bold canvas for dragon designs of exceptional detail and dramatic impact that round coins simply cannot accommodate. Right now, 2026 1 oz Australian Rectangular Gold Dragon Coins are available at JM Bullion.

Coin Highlights:

• Arrives in a protective capsule!
• 9th date in the Australian Rectangular Dragon Series!
• Limited mintage of only 8,888 coins!
• Contains 1 troy oz of .9999 pure gold in BU condition.
• Bears a face value of $100 (AUD) backed by the federal government of Australia.
• King Charles III on the obverse.
• Serpentine dragon on the reverse.
• P mint mark from the Perth Mint.

Each 2026 1 oz Australian Rectangular Gold Dragon Coin available here comes in Brilliant Uncirculated condition and arrives in a protective capsule. These coins have a new reverse depiction of the Chinese dragon for 2026, a factor that sustains the popularity of this series year after year.

The Chinese dragon emerged from the deepest layers of Chinese civilization, its origins traceable to Neolithic jade carvings and Bronze Age ceremonial objects dating back more than 5,000 years that depicted serpentine, composite creatures combining the features of multiple powerful animals into a single divine being. Unlike its Western counterpart, whose origins lie in the chaos monsters of ancient Near Eastern mythology, the Chinese dragon evolved from the very beginning as a force of cosmic benevolence, its identity inseparable from the Chinese understanding of heaven, water, and the vital energies.

For the obverse of 2026 Australian Rectangular Gold Dragons, the design features a bust of King Charles III. Dan Thorne’s left-profile portrait of King Charles III for Australian coinage presents the King in a carefully observed profile of quiet authority and contemporary naturalism, the sculptor’s sensitive treatment of Charles’s individual features producing a likeness of genuine warmth and dignity that establishes a confident numismatic identity for the new reign.

In the reverse design of 2026 1 oz Rectangular Gold Dragon Coins, you will find a dragon in a serpentine pose. The serpentine Chinese dragon coiling in a sinuous pose is one of the most immediately recognizable and artistically compelling images in the entire history of world art, the creature’s endlessly flowing body moving through space with the boneless, liquid grace of a river in full flood. In numismatic art, the serpentine dragon’s spiraling, continuously curving form challenges engravers to capture both the creature’s physical power and its supernatural fluidity.

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