0.5g Gold Kangaroo Mini Roo 2026 (Proof)
- Genuine investment gold: Fineness 999.9
- Perth Mint: Minted in Australia
- Wealth building: Step by step
- Genuine investment goldIts value is based on pure fine gold and tracks the gold price
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The Australian Nugget at 40
Two kangaroos leaping,on half a gram of gold.
Image of the kangaroo side: two kangaroos leaping in front of a line of hills, KANGAROO and a 40 at the top, 2026 at the bottom, 0.5g 9999 GOLD on the rim
The kangaroo of the year
The kangaroos of 2026
The Mini Roo bears the two leaping kangaroos of the 2026 issue.
The 40 in the design is a privy mark for the 40th anniversary of the Australian Nugget. The gold coin was approved on 8 August 1985, and its first issue appeared at the end of 1986.
The two kangaroos
The privy mark 40
Weight and fineness
The name
Why it is called Nugget
The Welcome Stranger was found by the miner John Deason on 5 February 1869 near Moliagul in Victoria, three centimetres deep among the roots of a tree. He hid the find until dark and then dug it out with his partner Richard Oates. In Dunolly the nugget, then the largest known in the world, had to be broken up on an anvil so that it would fit on the bank’s scales, as Museums Victoria reports.
This nugget and three other famous ones appeared on the first years of the series, in designs by Stuart Devlin. It began as The Australian Nugget.
Then came the kangaroo, according to The Perth Mint an icon of Australia that is more easily recognised all over the world. Since 2008 it has listed the bullion coin as the Australian Kangaroo; we still call the series Kangaroo Nugget, after the name under which it began in 1986.
- 1986The first issue, in proof
- 1989Stuart Devlin’s kangaroo, first on the proof
- 1990The kangaroo on the bullion coin too
- 2026The privy mark 40 for the anniversary
The series
A new kangaroo every year
The gold bullion coins up to one ounce receive a new kangaroo every year. In the early years even the species changed, from the red kangaroo in 1990 to the whiptail wallaby in 1994.
There had been a kangaroo on gold in Australia before. In 1853 Reginald Scaife reached Melbourne aboard the clipper Kangaroo, as manager of a private mint, the Kangaroo Office. With purpose-made dies he struck 27 sets of gold tokens, from a quarter ounce to two ounces, dated 1853.
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The finish
The Mini Roo
Half a gram of gold with a fineness of 99.99 per cent, as a proof, just 11.60 millimetres across. The Perth Mint issues the Mini Roo with no mintage limit and recommends it as a start to a gold coin collection or as a gift.
It sits in an acrylic capsule in a wallet-sized card that shows a picture of a kangaroo.
The obverse shows King Charles III in the portrait by Dan Thorne. The Perth Mint’s first coin with this portrait was a kangaroo coin, released on 15 January 2024.
At a glance
- Issuer
- The Perth Mint
- Face value
- 2 Australian dollars
- Fine weight
- 0.5 gram fine gold
- Fineness
- 99.99%
- Diameter
- 11.6 mm
- Year
- 2026
Details according to The Perth Mint and our product data; the face value as it appears on the coin.
Forty years after the first Nugget coin.
Kangaroo Nugget 2026, in gold.
0.5 g Gold Kangaroo "Mini Roo" 2026 (Proof) – minted fine gold from the Perth Mint
- Minting quality: Highest finish "Proof" (PP) – mirrored background, finely matte relief.
- Investment purpose: a handy bullion coin for inflation hedging and lasting wealth preservation; in a small format, a genuine crisis protection.
- Design: the obverse features the classic Kangaroo design with leaping kangaroos, while the reverse bears the portrait of King Charles III.
- Material / fineness: 0.5 grams of fine gold with a fineness of 999.9 (9999) – purest gold without additives.
- Manufacturer: produced by the world-renowned Perth Mint.
- Country of origin: Australia.
Small in diameter, substantial in content: the 0.5-gram edition of the Australian Kangaroo is among the most compact gold coins in the world and, at the same time, a fully-fledged entry point into physical gold investment. Anyone wishing to acquire Gold Kangaroo Nugget coins in a small denomination for the first time will find this tiny gold coin to be the lowest possible threshold of entry. The reason for purchase here is not the design, but the fine gold contained within – the design is the personal touch, the gold is the actual substance.
The diameter of this Australian gold coin is just 11.60 mm with a thickness of around 1.00 mm; the fine weight is 0.5 g of gold, equivalent to approximately 0.016 troy ounce. Despite its small size, the Perth Mint demonstrates its full craftsmanship with the Proof finish: razor-sharp contours, a deep mirror shine in the background, and a delicately matte relief. The edge is finely reeded.
The value of this bullion coin is based primarily on the fine gold it contains and moves in line with the gold price. Gold is the oldest currency in the world and a proven store of value for over 6,000 years – it has never had a value of zero, possesses intrinsic value, and protects against loss of purchasing power. With a face value of 2 AUD, the coin is official Australian legal tender.
The anniversary edition: 40 years of the Australian Nugget
On the obverse, two kangaroos leap through the Australian outback, with a flat mountain landscape suggested in the background. In the lower right are the initials "NH" of the designer along with the characteristic "P" mint mark of the Perth Mint, and along the top edge the inscription "KANGAROO". The small round "40" privy mark commemorates a special anniversary: it marks 40 years of the Australian Nugget – Australia's first official gold bullion coin series. The reverse features the portrait of King Charles III (design by Dan Thorne, "DT") with the inscriptions "CHARLES III · AUSTRALIA" and "2 DOLLARS".
Why small amounts of gold make so much sense
- Wealth building in small steps: Even small amounts of gold add up over the years to a considerable fortune.
- High liquidity: tradable worldwide, resalable at any time, and easily converted into cash.
- Protection: a hedge against inflation, currency risks, as well as political and economic crises.
- Long-term value: suitable as a building block for retirement provision and for passing on from generation to generation.
Compared to larger mintages such as the 1/10-ounce Kangaroo or the popular Lunar series from the Perth Mint, the Mini Roo scores with its low capital requirement: you acquire genuine investment gold without having to commit to a full troy ounce right away. Anyone who collects several small gold coins over the years builds up a physical gold holding step by step.
Despite a personal occasion, what you acquire here is fully-fledged investment gold – minted fine gold whose value tracks the gold price.
That is exactly why the Mini Roo is superbly suited as a gift of genuine gold investment: whether for a christening, a birthday, or a wedding – instead of a fleeting token, you hand over a lasting asset made of pure gold. In this way, this small Australian gold coin combines an emotional gesture with the solid foundation of physical fine gold from the Perth Mint.
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