2025 1 oz Proof Australian Gold Koala Coin (High Relief)

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2025 1 oz Proof Australian Gold Koala Coin (High Relief)

Koalas hold profound spiritual and cultural significance for many Indigenous Australian communities, appearing in Dreamtime stories as ancestral beings who shaped the landscape and taught important lessons about survival, wisdom, and the interconnectedness of all living things. The Perth Mint has celebrated the koala on bullion coinage since 2007, offering an ever-evolving range of options for investors and collectors. Today, 2025 1 oz Proof Australian Gold Koala Coins are available.

Coin Highlights:

• Comes with an elegant Perth Mint box, koala-themed shipper, and a Certificate of Authenticity!
• High-relief strike!
• Proof visuals!
• Limited mintage of only 200 coins!
• Contains 1 Troy oz of .9999 pure gold.
• The face value of $100 (AUD) is fully backed by the Australian government.
• On the obverse is King Charles III.
• The reverse features a koala lounging on a tree branch.
• Designed by Aleysha Howarth.

Different Aboriginal groups across southeastern Australia have varying creation stories involving koalas, with some depicting them as once-human beings transformed through sacred events, while others describe koalas as wise elders who guided early people to water sources during droughts by climbing high into eucalyptus trees to spot distant rivers. The koala’s specialized diet of eucalyptus leaves and its ability to survive without drinking water for extended periods made it a symbol of adaptation and resilience in the harsh Australian environment.

All 2025 1 oz Proof Australian Gold Koala Coins are available with individual packaging. The coins are housed in elegant, black Perth Mint presentation boxes. The box arrives in a koala-themed outer shipper that includes a Certificate of Authenticity. The design features a high-relief strike that creates a deeper background and greater 3D relief for the koala design.

On the obverse of 2025 Proof Australian Gold Koalas, you will find a portrait of His Majesty. King Charles III is shown here in left-profile relief and is not shown with a crown on his head. The design was created by Dan Thorne in 2024 for the Perth Mint as a first-generation portrait for Australian coins.

The reverse of 2025 1 oz Proof Gold Koala Coins features the image of a koala lying on a tree branch. Traditional ecological knowledge passed down through generations includes a detailed understanding of koala behavior, habitat preferences, and seasonal movements, information that modern conservation efforts now recognize as invaluable for protecting these iconic marsupials and their rapidly diminishing eucalyptus forest ecosystems.