1 oz Silver Minted Bar Dragon 2026 (Mintage: 250,000)
- Artistic design: down to every scale
- Perth Mint: world-famous mint
- Highest purity: Brilliant Uncirculated new stock
- Artistic designFinely engraved, symbol of strength, wisdom and luck
- Perth MintSince 2018 the Perth Mint has minted this rectangular series
- Highest purityAt 999.9/1,000, outstandingly pure for a bullion coin
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It breathes no fire. It brings the rain.
Dragon Coin Bar 2026, front with the dragon
The whole dragon stands upright on the bar, claws outstretched, its body covered in fine scales.
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
ClawsClaws like those of an eagle
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 phoenix
Dragon and phoenix, emperor and empress.
On a porcelain plate of the Wanli period in the Metropolitan Museum, the five-clawed dragon is the emblem of the emperor. At its side appears the phoenix, which often stands for the empress.
On a wedding robe from the 1930s in the Victoria and Albert Museum, too, dragon and phoenix form the basic pattern, as the male and female elements of marriage. By tradition, the bride was “empress of the day.”
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 pearlIn art, the dragon often chases a pearl, a symbol of wisdom.
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.”
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.
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1/200 ounceGold, 14 mmGold14 mm- 1 ounceGold, 32.6 mmGold32.6 mm
1 ounceSilver, 40 mmSilver40 mm
1 ounceSilver, 47.6 × 27.6 mmSilver47.6 × 27.6 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 bar
- Metal
- Silver
- Design
- Dragon
- Weight
- 1 ounce fine silver
- Fineness
- 999.9/1,000
- Face value
- 1 Dollar
- Country of issue
- Australia
- Dimensions
- 47.6 × 27.6 mm
- Year
- 2026
- Quality
- Brilliant uncirculated
- Mintage
- 250,000 pieces
- Designer
- Jennifer McKenna
- Manufacturer
- Perth Mint
- Packaging
- Capsule
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 oz Silver Minted Bar Dragon 2026 – rectangular Perth Mint icon made of 999.9/1,000 fine silver
- Strictly limited: worldwide annual mintage of 250,000 pieces – a fixed mintage limit per year of issue.
- Investment goal: With silver minted bars, you can protect your wealth very effectively against inflation.
- Preservation of value: Silver minted bars serve as a perfect store of value, safeguarding the real value of your wealth and offering potential for value appreciation.
- Hedging: Especially in times of inflation, recession and high national debt, you can hedge your wealth with silver.
- Design: artfully engraved oriental dragon of the Chinese lunar calendar – a symbol of strength, wisdom and luck, with a design that changes every year.
- Manufacturer: minted by the world-famous Perth Mint.
- Country of origin: Australia.
The Dragon 2026 is one of the most popular silver minted bars of all. It combines the familiar look of a bar with the official character of a coin made of 999.9 fine silver, making it a true showpiece in any silver bar collection. As a sought-after collector's coin with a fixed annual mintage, the Rectangular Dragon is equally coveted by investors and collectors alike – its manageable mintage of 250,000 pieces per year makes it an attractive, highly tradable rarity with long-term appreciation potential.
Bar shape, coin status: the minted bar explained
Bars that bear a coin stamp are referred to as minted bars. These are angular coins that, at first glance, look like a classic bar. Thanks to the embossed face value of 1 AUD, they attain the status of a coin in Germany – and in the issuing country of Australia, they are even official legal tender.
This is what makes this silver coin so special: bar aesthetics meet state backing. The technical specifications:
- Fine weight: 31.1 g pure silver (1 oz)
- Fineness: 999.9/1,000 – exceptionally pure for a bullion issue
- Dimensions: approximately 4.16 x 2.46 cm in a classic rectangular shape
- Face value: 1 AUD, year of issue 2026
- Packaging: protected in a sturdy coin capsule, Brilliant Uncirculated new merchandise
The dragon design and the Dragon Rectangle series since 2018
Since 2018, the Perth Mint has issued the rectangular Dragon series as a bullion coin – "Rectangular" or "Rectangle" refers to the extraordinary bar shape. The obverse design shows a popular oriental dragon depiction from the Chinese lunar calendar, artfully engraved down to every scale, along with the year 2026 and the mint's "P" mintmark. Each year of issue receives its own distinctive design, which further increases the appeal for collectors of the Rectangular Dragon series.
The reverse bears the portrait of King Charles III. In Eastern tradition, the dragon is not a fearsome mythical creature but a benevolent symbol of strength, wisdom, luck and prosperity – imagery that charges this silver minted bar with emotional significance far beyond its pure material value.
Silver as a store of value and inflation hedge
Silver has been prized as a monetary and coinage metal for centuries and is considered a proven store of value. Unlike fiat money, whose value rests solely on trust in governments, silver has intrinsic value due to its physical properties. It is durable, tradable as a commodity worldwide, and thanks to its comparatively affordable price, it is also an ideal entry point for private investors. As a solid inflation hedge and reliable crisis protection, it retains its value when other assets falter.
High industrial demand from electronics, solar and medical technology meets a limited supply – an interplay that supports silver's long-term value stability.
For the diversification of wealth, physical silver is a building block that can be passed down through generations. It is easily liquidated, divisible into small units, and even serves as a practical medium of exchange in times of currency instability.
Tax note
A pleasant side effect for investors: profits from the sale of silver are generally tax-free, provided the holding period is at least one year. In this way, the 1 oz Silver Minted Bar Dragon 2026 combines collectible beauty, the value stability of one of humanity's oldest monetary metals, and a manageable, strictly limited annual mintage – an all-round convincing piece for your precious metals investment.
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