The Perth Mint debuts its latest 2018 bullion coin ranges from Lunar to Kookaburra

As is traditionally the case, early September sees the launch of the Perth Mints major bullion coin ranges for the following year and for the new 2018 designs that time is now. Everyone will have their own views on the new coins, but we think they’re a good quality mix again this year, following on from a fine 2017. The platinum Platypus coin has been replaced by another version of the long-serving and dull kangaroo design used for the silver range and the gold kilo. Highlights for us are the gold kangaroo and the silver koala. The kookaburra design looks good and one we’re particulalry looking forward to seeing in the fleash.

The Lunars should be available from 11 September, the Kookaburra from 04 October, the silver, gold and platinum Kangaroo from 23 October, and the Koala from 08 January. There remains the expected mix of limited and unlimited mintages which we’ve summarised in the table below. We’ll be seeing a lot more of these designs over the coming year as the Perth Mint issues a huge variety of premium versions, probably to the detriment of more ambitious and original designs like the Gods series, to be honest.

SIZES KOOKABURRA KOALA LUNAR Au
LUNAR Ag
KANGAROO Ag/Pt
KANGAROO Au
10 KG x x x  100 x x
1 KG UNLTD UNLTD UNLTD UNLTD x UNLTD
10 OZ UNLTD x UNLTD UNLTD x  x
5 OZ  x x x UNLTD x  x
2 OZ  x x UNLTD UNLTD x  x
1 OZ 500,000 300,000 30,000 300,000 UNLTD UNLTD
1/2 OZ  x  x UNLTD UNLTD x 100,000
1/4 OZ x  x UNLTD  x x 150,000
1/10 OZ x x UNLTD x x 200,000
1/20 OZ  x x UNLTD x x x

2018 SILVER KOOKABURRA

2018 GOLD YEAR OF THE DOG

2018 SILVER YEAR OF THE DOG

2018 SILVER KOALA

2018 GOLD KANGAROO

2018 PLATINUM AND SILVER KANGAROO

2018 RANGE VIDEO