0.5g Gold Four-Leaf Clover (Mintage: 25,000)
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0.5 g fine gold with 999.9/1,000 fineness, whose value is directly tied to the gold price- Strictly limited to just 25,000 pieces worldwide – with real appreciation potential
- A compact entry into physical investment gold, tradable and resellable at any time
- Pure investment gold: 0.5 g of finest gold with 999.9/1,000 fineness, whose intrinsic value is directly tied to the gold price and is preserved over the years
- Strictly limited: worldwide mintage of only 25,000 pieces – low availability meets sustained demand and noticeable appreciation potential
- Easy entry: compact denomination for gradually building wealth in physical gold – highly liquid and resellable at any time
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0.5 g fine gold
Luck has its signs.
0.5 g fine gold, design side
On New Year cards around 1900, the wish was already in the picture: four-leaf clovers, ladybirds, horseshoes. These are the signs our pieces carry in gold and silver. This coin does not just carry its sign, it takes its shape.
The four-leaf clover
Four leaves, where three usually grow.
Clover normally has three leaflets, four only in very rare cases. The Botanic Gardens of the University of Bonn call the four-leaf clover a rare exception.
The disposition lies in the genes, as a plant breeder at the University of Georgia found. Whether the fourth leaf actually grows also depends on light and temperature.
The German dictionary Duden calls it Glücksklee: clover with an exceptionally four-part leaf, regarded as a lucky charm. The dictionary of the Brothers Grimm also lists the four-leaf clover as a Glücksblatt, a leaf of luck.
The lucky clover sold in pots, by the way, is a wood sorrel from southern Mexico that naturally has four leaves. It came to Europe in the 19th century.
“A four-leaf clover is a rarity. Lucky is the person who happens to find one.”
This coin itself takes its shape.
The lucky ladybird
Seven spots, a lucky number.
In German folk speech the ladybird is called Glückskäfer, the lucky beetle, as the German dictionary Duden records. The Etymological Dictionary of German calls ladybirds the best known and best loved beetles, regarded as a symbol of luck.
The classic lucky charm is the seven-spot ladybird, red with seven black spots. Seven has always been considered a lucky number, writes NABU, the German nature conservation union.
By the way, the spots do not reveal a ladybird’s age. Their number stays the same throughout its life of at most one year.
A seven-spot ladybird eats 100 to 150 aphids a day, its larva 400 to 600 before it pupates.
“As a lucky charm, the seven-spot ladybird … enjoys great popularity.”
The design
The sign as a shape.
The coin has the shape of a four-leaf clover, its surface in a silk finish.
Luck to give
A wish you keep.
At the turn of the year people give lucky charms. The New Year lucky charms we know today came about in the 19th century.
Many people do not want to throw their lucky charms away or pass them on, for fear the luck might go with them.
Whether lucky charms really bring luck may be left open, writes the Volkskundemuseum Wien. And it names what they are meant to say:
“Whoever gives a lucky charm wants to say: I care about you.”
A gift for a birth or the new year, for instance: the coin comes in a capsule.
To scale
From dainty to a full ounce.
The formats of this world to the scale of their diameters. The one on this page is marked.
Whatever is available links to its product.
1/200 ounce14 mm
0.5 g11 mm
1 g13.92 mm
1 ounce38.61 mm
At a glance
- Type
- Coin
- Metal
- Gold
- Design
- Four-leaf clover
- Weight
- 0.5 g fine gold
- Fineness
- 999.9/1,000
- Face value
- 1 DOLLAR
- Country of issue
- Palau
- Diameter
- 11 mm
- Quality
- Silk-Finish
- Mintage
- 25,000 pieces
- Manufacturer
- B.H. Mayer
- Packaging
- Capsule
“In everything small lies the starting point for something great.”
0.5 g Gold Four-Leaf Clover – Physical Gold Investment from the Republic of Palau
- Pure investment gold: 0.5 grams of finest gold, whose intrinsic value is based on the gold price.
- Strictly limited: worldwide mintage of only 25,000 pieces.
- Growth potential: noticeable value appreciation potential thanks to the strict limitation and sustained demand.
- Rarity: unusual clover shape instead of the classic round minting – a small rarity among small gold coins.
- Design: a four-leaf clover, considered a symbol of luck since Celtic times; the reverse bears the Palau coat of arms "Rainbow's End" with a sea god motif.
- Material / fineness: 999.9/1,000 fine gold, 0.5 g gross weight, 11.00 mm diameter, Silk Finish quality.
- Manufacturer: struck by the renowned art mint B.H. Mayer.
- Country of origin: Republic of Palau, face value 1 Dollar.
The golden Four-Leaf Clover is among the smallest gold coins in existence and is also issued as a low-mintage collector's coin. The real reason to buy, however, lies in its substance: you are acquiring physical fine gold with a fineness of 999.9/1,000, whose value is directly measured against the gold price. The design provides the personal touch – the precious metal it contains provides the lasting value.
The coin deliberately breaks with the standard round shape. It is minted as a four-leaf clover, with the leaves clearly separated from one another by raised lines. One side shows the finely structured, silky-shimmering clover surface in Silk Finish, while the other displays the coat of arms of the Republic of Palau with the sea god Neptune, along with the inscriptions "Republic of Palau" and "1 Dollar". An exceptionally tactile piece that retains its warm golden shine over the decades.
Behind the minting: B.H. Mayer and the Palau coin issues
Responsible for production is B.H. Mayer from Germany – a mint with a long tradition, known for precise attention to detail and high manufacturing quality. The clover design appears within the Palau coin issues in several variants, including a 1 g gold version as well as in silver. The 0.5 g minting is the most compact and affordable entry point into genuine investment gold – gold has always been considered the bigger sibling of small silver, concentrating high material value into the smallest of spaces.
Small quantity, great value retention
Small gold units in particular are excellently suited for building wealth step by step. Anyone who regularly acquires manageable quantities accumulates a considerable holding of physical gold over the years. The clover is tradable worldwide, highly liquid, and can easily be resold at any time – qualities that have distinguished physical gold for thousands of years.
Gold is humanity's oldest currency – a store of value that has endured for over 6,000 years and countless crises, never once falling to a value of zero.
Compared to large bars or heavy bullion coins, this denomination scores with its divisibility: you can buy in fine increments and later sell in small portions as well. The percentage premium on the pure material value is naturally higher for very small units than for an ounce – but in return, the capital outlay remains low and entry particularly easy.
Even as a thoughtful gift, the investment character is preserved: give genuine investment gold instead of transient items for birthdays, christenings, or weddings. Despite the personal occasion, you are acquiring minted fine gold whose value is tied to the gold price. As a building block of broadly diversified wealth protection, physical gold contributes to inflation hedging and simultaneously serves many investors as crisis protection.
At a glance
- Precious metal: Gold, fineness 999.9/1,000
- Fine weight: 0.5 g
- Diameter: 11.00 mm
- Face value: 1 Dollar
- Country of issue: Republic of Palau
- Manufacturer: B.H. Mayer, Germany
- Condition: Silk Finish, brand new
- Mintage: only 25,000 pieces worldwide
- Delivery: protected in a coin capsule
Another advantage for investors: capital gains from physical gold are generally tax-free after a holding period of at least one year. Combined with the very low mintage of only 25,000 pieces, this makes this golden clover an appealing addition to any precious-metals-focused portfolio – tangible fine gold with character and long-term perspective.
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