2 oz Silver Lunar III Goat 2027
- Lucky design: with plum blossom branch
- Perth Mint: in Australia since 1899
- One-time minting: only in the issue year
- Lucky designOld saying holds that three goats bring luck
- Perth MintOne of the world's oldest still-operating mints
- One-time mintingAfterwards the design retires irretrievably to the archive
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Lunar III, Year of the Goat 2027
Three goats before the mountains,beside them a plum tree in blossom.
Image of the animal side: three goats against mountains, a blossoming branch on the right, at the top the character 羊 and GOAT 2027, on the left a P
The animal of the year
A design by Natasha Muhl
The Perth Mint describes a mature goat, a young goat and a baby goat.
The year’s gold coin bears a different image, designed by Wade Robinson: a single goat on a mountain plain.
The image draws on the phrase “Three Goats Bring Bliss”, which according to The Perth Mint stands for the end of winter and the arrival of spring.
The character 羊
At the top centre are the Chinese character for goat and GOAT 2027, on the left the P of The Perth Mint.
The Year of the Goat begins on 6 February 2027.
The standing goat
The character 羊
Name and year
The series
One animal a year since 1996
In 1996 The Perth Mint became the first mint to release an Australian lunar programme, as it states. Each series follows the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac: Lunar I from 1996 to 2007, Lunar II from 2008 to 2019, Lunar III from 2020 to 2031.
Each year one animal is added, and the snake, the horse and the goat each have separate designs for gold and silver. The snake is the sixth animal of Lunar III, the horse the seventh, the goat the eighth.
Since the snake of 2025, the effigy side has shown King Charles III, portrayed by Dan Thorne.
Snake2025
Horse2026
Goat2027
The mint
The P of Perth
The Perth Mint was founded in a gold rush. In 1892 a find near Coolgardie set off Australia’s second great gold rush of the 19th century. Premier Sir John Forrest did not want the gold to leave Western Australia for processing and secured a branch of the Royal Mint in Perth.
On 20 June 1899 the first gold was processed and struck there, and The Perth Mint has operated continuously on the same site in East Perth ever since. The sovereigns from Perth carried a small P above the date.
The designs of the snake, the horse and the goat also bear a P, as The Perth Mint’s mintmark. Today it is owned by the State of Western Australia.
The finish
The bullion coin in silver
The silver bullion coin bears the same design in every size. It is legal tender in Australia.
At a glance
- Issuer
- The Perth Mint
- Face value
- 2 Australian dollars
- Minimum weight
- 62.213 g
- Fine weight
- 2 ounces fine silver
- Fineness
- 99.99%
- Maximum diameter
- 50.80 mm
- Year
- 2027
All details according to The Perth Mint, the face value as it appears on the coin.
Struck in Perth since 1899.
Lunar III, Year of the Goat 2027.
2 oz Silver Lunar III Goat 2027 – two troy ounces of lunar calendar you can hold in your hand
Eighth zodiac sign, eighth chapter: with the Lunar Year 2027, the Goat takes centre stage in Australia's most successful bullion series. The 2 oz Silver Lunar III Goat 2027 from the Silver Lunar Series III packs 62.21 grams of fine silver into an impressive 50.60 millimetre diameter – a format with weight in the hand and presence in the collector's cabinet.
- Investment goal: bullion coin for wealth preservation and inflation hedge, and at the same time a tangible asset serving as reliable crisis protection
- Design: three goats by the water, a blossoming plum branch, the Chinese character for goat, and the inscription "GOAT 2027"
- Material / fineness: fine silver 999.9/1,000 – the highest purity common in bullion minting, without any alloy additive
- Manufacturer: Perth Mint, one of the most renowned mints in the world
- Country of origin: Australia, face value 2 AUD
"Three goats bring luck" – the design in detail
The obverse tells a small story: a fully grown goat watches attentively from a rocky outcrop, a billy goat rests by the water, and between them a kid stands curiously. This trio picks up on the old saying about the three goats that bring luck – a symbol for the end of winter, the start of spring, and an auspicious new beginning. The plum blossom branch on the right edge stands for purity, hope and resilience. The scene is completed by the Chinese character for goat, the inscription "GOAT 2027", and the coveted "P" mint mark of the Perth Mint.
The reverse bears the portrait of King Charles III designed by Dan Thorne, the country name Australia, and all key details in abbreviated form: 2 oz, 9999 Ag and 2 Dollars. Both sides are struck in Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) quality and are supplied in a coin capsule that protects the fine relief edges.
Perth Mint: craftsmanship with over 125 years of tradition
Founded in 1899, the Perth Mint is one of the oldest still-operating mints in the world and is renowned for its exceptionally clean relief work. The Australian Lunar Series III began in 2020 with the Mouse and runs until 2031 – following the Snake in 2025 and the Horse in 2026, the Year of the Goat is now next. A key appeal of the series: each year of issue is struck for just a single year, after which the design is retired to the archive forever. While the 1 oz unit has a mintage limit of 300,000 pieces, the larger units such as the 2 oz coin are not capped by a fixed limit – the actual mintage is determined solely by demand during the year of issue, and historically this has always turned out considerably lower for the larger formats than for the one-ounce coin.
Why the 2 oz unit in particular?
Between the widely available 1 oz coin and the heavier 5 oz or kilo issues, the 2 oz variant is an intermediate format with a character all its own. It presents the design more generously than the one-ounce coin, yet remains manageable and liquid.
- Design impact: more surface area, finer detail, stronger relief
- Tighter supply: historically significantly lower mintage figures than the 1 oz unit
- Double substance: two troy ounces in a single piece – fewer capsules, more compact storage
- Bullion rather than Proof: Brilliant Uncirculated striking close to material value, without the added expense of a collector's edition
- Clear comparison: while the Kookaburra or Koala are also issued in 2 oz, Lunar scores with its annually changing zodiac design and its strong following among collectors in Asia
Silver as a foundation – arguments that endure
This issue belongs to those silver coins that fulfil two roles at once: collector's piece and investment product. Silver was the everyday coinage metal for millennia, a symbol of prosperity and a recognised medium of exchange – especially in smaller transactions and in times of unstable currencies. Unlike fiat money, whose value depends on trust in governments, the metal carries an intrinsic value derived from its physical properties.
Add to this its industrial dimension: electronics, solar technology and medical technology consume silver continuously, while the extractable supply remains limited. Physical silver is durable, tradeable worldwide as a commodity, and highly liquid. And a point many investors appreciate: profits from selling are generally tax-free in Germany, provided the minimum holding period of one year is observed.
Precious metal outlasts currencies – those who think in fine silver today are not planning in quarters, but in generations.
This is how the Lunar III Goat 2027 becomes more than just a beautiful silver coin: a building block that, year of issue by year of issue, forms a complete series and can be passed down through generations.
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