The Perth Mint of Australia expanded its lineup in November with eight new releases, offering collectors a diverse mix of designs that include gold Koalas, silver Year of the Horse coins, a massive antiqued butterfly strike, and two distinctive rectangular colored silver coins inspired by the hit Netflix series Stranger Things.
All eight coins are available for purchase directly from The Perth Mint. Additional details for each product are provided below.
2025 Australian Koala 1/2 oz Gold Proof Coin
Gold Koala coins are perennial collector favorites, and this extremely limited-mintage 2025 Australian Koala 1/2 oz Gold Proof Coin is unlikely to be an exception. Each $50 coin is struck from 1/2 ounce of 99.99% pure gold.
Reverse depicts a koala clinging to a tree trunk amid eucalyptus leaves, designed by Alesha Howarth. Obverse features Dan Thorne’s effigy of King Charles III.
Face Value: $50 Diameter: 25.60 mm Thickness: 2.50 mm Maximum Mintage: 250
2025 Australian Koala 1 oz Gold Proof Colored Coin
Like the 1/2-ounce version, this 1-ounce colored edition carries an extremely limited mintage. Each is struck from 1 ounce of .9999 fine gold.
Reverse uses the same koala design, with the koala, branch, and leaves colorized. King Charles III appears on the obverse.
Face Value: $100 Diameter: 32.60 mm Thickness: 2.95 mm Maximum Mintage: 200
2026 Year of the Horse 1 oz Silver Proof High Relief Coin
Australian Lunar Series III continues with this 1-ounce silver proof high-relief coin celebrating the Year of the Horse. Each $1 coin is struck from 1 ounce of 99.99% pure silver.
Reverse by Ing Ing Jong shows a mare and foal set against mountains and grassland. Obverse carries Thorne’s King Charles III effigy.
Face Value: $1 Diameter: 32.60 mm Thickness: 6.10 mm Maximum Mintage: 3,888
2026 Year of the Horse 1 oz Silver Gilded Coin
Shares the same design as the high-relief coin, with the mare and foal gilded in 24-karat gold.
Face Value: $1 Diameter: 40.90 mm Thickness: 3.50 mm Maximum Mintage: 25,000 Issue Limit: 23,500
2026 Baby Horse 1/2 oz Silver Proof Colored Coin
Struck for Tuvalu, the 2026 Baby Horse 1/2 oz Silver Proof Colored Coin features a colorful baby horse by Natasha Muhl. Flowers appear below the foal with a dragonfly at left. Obverse shows Jody Clark’s portrait of King Charles III.
Face Value: 50 cents (TVD) Diameter: 32.60 mm Thickness: 2.90 mm Maximum Mintage: 7,500
2025 Butterfly 2 Kilo Antiqued High Relief Silver Coin
Struck from 2 kilos of 99.99% pure silver, this imposing piece presents three butterflies in high relief among native foliage, designed by Jennifer McKenna. Obverse bears Thorne’s effigy of King Charles III.
Face Value: $60 Diameter: 101.30 mm Thickness: 36.30 mm Maximum Mintage: 200
2026 Stranger Things – Season 1 Silver Colored Rectangular Coin
This 1-ounce .9999 fine silver rectangular coin pays homage to the Season 1 poster of Stranger Things, featuring Mike, Dustin, Lucas, Eleven, and others. Struck for Tuvalu, the obverse features Jody Clark’s King Charles III effigy.
Face Value: $1 Dimensions: 47.60 mm × 27.60 mm Thickness: 3.57 mm Maximum Mintage: 1,500
2026 Stranger Things – Season 2 Silver Colored Rectangular Coin
Season 2’s poster takes center stage, with Eleven unleashing her powers and additional characters depicted. Each rectangular coin is struck for Tuvalu with a face value of $1 (TVD).
Face Value: $1 Dimensions: 47.60 mm × 27.60 mm Thickness: 3.57 mm Maximum Mintage: 1,500
Ordering
Ordering details and additional information are available directly from The Perth Mint of Australia through its collector coin page.
Not much of a Perth Mint fan. But that colorized proof gold effect does something for me. Rather delicately done indeed. I have a couple of US colorized coins and the degree of precision in which they are being done these days is appealing. This could be the future for modern coins. Too bad something similar wasn’t done with the comic coins.
Agreed. I think that gold-gilded silver coin is nice as well. Was the 2022 Purple Heart dollar the last foray of the U.S. Mint into colorizing?
REB,
They obviously have the technology and they seem to be using it sparingly. However, an official colorized or gold gilded ASE released from the US Mint would be a total eye popper. Count me in for one of those.
Cheers
REB and E1, I’m not sure if you’re implying the Mint has the technology to produce colorized coins using in house/onsite processes? They used a third party vendor/contractor to colorize both the Basketball and Purple Heart commemorative coins. I believe they would also need to use a third party vendor or would need to invest in the technology before being able to produce gilded coinage as well. The U.S. Mint wrote: “The U.S. Mint used a third-party to colorize the Basketball commemorative coins using an automated process.” Previous quote from Inside the Mint: “U.S. Mint’s First Colorized Coins”.(8/17/20) For any… Read more »
I really like that PH colorized obverse.
“The colorization was executed by LulaRose, a division of The Clancy Group Corp., under a five-year Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with a total potential value of $8.375 million.”
… and NO coins have been produced under that contract since 2022?!?!?
I thought the butterfly idea for the 2027 Liberty was a good one..,
Butterflies have broad appeal, and removes the ‘thing’ aspect we’re witnessing with the 2027 Liberty designs.., ‘Thing’ use is intentional, and pun intended…
I bought the both of the pink gold breast cancer awareness $5 Comms – USM and associated designer did an absolute phenomenal job with that one..,
KCSO,
Yes, I like the butterfly idea as well. Kinda reminds of Steve McQueen’s “Papillon.” In this case, a true symbol of Freedom.
You know what, I think I’m going to rewatch that tonight.
Cheers
KCSO, I’m in for a Butterfly for ‘27!!! Why not? A whole lot better than the designs I’ve seen. I will say tho, the designs that were Tlingit Alaska Native designs looked very nice but most have no idea what those designs are.
Well, as always, Good Luck ALL!!!
2025 COMIC ART GOLD PROOF 1/2 OZ – SUPERMAN 5933 +8
2025 COMIC ART GOLD PROOF 1/2 OZ – BATMAN 2016 +11
2025 AM EAGLE GOLD PROOF 1 OZ 3373 +34
2025 AM EAGLE GOLD PROOF 1/10 OZ 7195 +73
2025 AM LIBERTY 24K GOLD 1 OZ 11845 -2
I am carrying over the topic Numismatrix brought up on the prior thread regarding the 250th high relief gold and silver medal images of the 1907 St. Gaudens. Both look great. I have the gold St. reduex from 2009. It’s beautiful but a little small since it is pure gold and they needed to reduce the diameter in order to thicken it to raise up the image. My preference would be same % of gold as the original 1907, thus making the coin bigger overall. My two cents.
I can agree with that Guru, too small if they choose HR or UHR coin production.
The Mint’s new rendering(not a photo), nor the basic description suggests that they’ll be in HR, but that could change. More to come on these I’m sure.
Oddly enough, the Silver rendering hints at HR(perimeter shadowing) on the Obv, but that ain’t gonna happen imo…
E1?
Cali,
A good starting point. Maybe with a much larger butterfly and the Big Sur Coast in the background.
How about a Firefly instead?
Reading tea leaves and U.S. Mint sales numbers are quite similar? You never quite know what you’re going to get? Based on numbers I’ve had to work with, I estimated this week, we’d see sales of 20,924, 2025 LESPS sold? Instead, we see 19,160. We’re still seeing 3,523 for an “ats”. The Mint may have(?) only produced 23,041(19,160(LKS)+3,523(“ats”)+358(NN)) LESPS out of a possible 25,008 declared maximum Product limit. Time will tell? Granted numbers are continually fluctuating and occasionally they do add up! The ASE Marine Corps Privy shows sales of 9,679 and on 11/2 there were 321 showing as “ats”… Read more »
I shouldn’t bring this up, and won’t again, though it came up in a chat with another today.., Major D was Kaiser?
Can we get a confirmation? Threw us for a loop.., Kinda makes sense, though missed a lot as well….
My $.02, Similar Politics/Ideology – yes, and good online friends with each other, but not the same person at all imo. Two completely different people with sometimes noticeably different numismatic tastes and interests (to stay on topic). Not to mention the use of english & punctuations within their text(not that I’m an expert). MD is technical/analytical in nature, KW is not. A year ago MD knew what it meant to ‘Stack’ numismatically speaking, while Kaiser had no idea what it meant. KW will ask a question to better understand a given numi subject, MD does not ask. If MD or… Read more »
Thanks….
Liquid oxygen on an inferno question.
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Keeping it all in perspective.., don’t lose sight of the forest,
2025 AM LIBERTY 24K GOLD 1 OZ 11845 -2
And.., 2027 at $7,000
(laugh, that’s funny 🙂 )
And…, 2024 FHG 9,981 of 17,500
Some things take time…, Cheers!
Back to coins… In the previous thread, Rich said: “I have wondered why from 1986 to 1991 the date was shown in Roman numerals, and then from 1992 on Arabic numerals were used. Why the change over to Arabic numeral dates in 1992, and because of this could the 1986-1991 AGEs be considered as Type 1 (Roman numeral date), the 1992-2021 AGE Type 2 (Arabic numeral date), and the 2021 to present AGE Type 3 (new reverse design)? Just pondering…” Rich, I appreciate your comment/inquiry as that led to research and an increase in knowledge about the Roman numeral dates… Read more »
I was disappointed in the change from Roman to Arabic. Selfishly, I was hoping to see MM for the year 2000 coins.
Thanks, Cali. The “Spruce Crafts” reference “What Does MCMLXXXVI Mean on My Gold Coin?” is informative. I suppose the same thing can be said for the general public’s familiarity and proficiency in Latin as for the Roman numeral system, but thankfully, E Pluribus Unum has remained on our coins. PS: The first four Super Bowls were not designated with Roman numerals; they were called Super Bowl 1, 2, 3, and 4. The NFL started using Roman numerals with Super Bowl V in 1971 to avoid confusion between the game’s calendar year and the season it concluded. The numbers I through… Read more »
Cagcrisp stated – The acting Mint director sold Gold coins on July 24, 2025. That is
102(104 now) days ago without any shipments occurring.I bet dollars to donuts –
E1 said in the previous thread regarding the 250th Anniversary 1804 Silver Dollar/Silver Medal: “From the cheap seats, I may be in for the silver.” Unfortunately E1, so far it appears that the Silver Medals may only be available as a part of a Gold Coin and Silver Medal “Set”? The Mint states: “In addition to releasing newly designed circulating coins in 2026, the U.S. Mint will issue five special Best of the Mint numismatic coin and medal sets as part of this journey through history.” Also: “These five special sets will include 24-karat 99.99% fine gold coins reissued as… Read more »
Hearing all the complaints about the bundling, I wonder if there is a good chance the silver medals may get de-bundled on the secondary market at a reasonable price. Time will tell.
Vinnie, I guess that is subjective based on one’s interpretation of, “reasonable price”? These Silver medals designs are growing on me and assuredly will also grow on those that purchase sets? They are quite unique and the numbers produced, as well as a willingness or lack there of, regarding breaking up the sets and selling on the secondary market, will all play into potential prices to be expected, if seeking out individual medals from these sets? What would you personally consider “reasonable”? I foresee that, if the silver medals are not able to be purchased from the Mint individually, that… Read more »
I did see some negativity here on CN expressed towards some of the medals, but the 1804 tribute companion medal seem to be have more positive comment. I guess the other thing to consider is that the mintage will be the same as the companion gold tribute coin. It could go either way and may be on a medal to medal basis.
I like the idea of the Medal and the Coin as having the same mintage.