Lunar III Rok Smoka 2024, gold coin, 1/10 oz is a collector item. Weight: 1/10 oz. Metal: gold. Fineness: 999. Struck by The Perth Mint.

The piece belongs to the Lunar III series. Issued by Australia. Gold remains the most liquid investment metal — recognised and readily sold at any dealer worldwide.

Key attributes

• IssuerAustralia
• MintThe Perth Mint
• SeriesLunar III
• Year2024
• Denomination15 AUD
• Metalgold
• Fineness999
• Weight1/10 oz

Full parameters of this piece are listed in the attribute table above. The series description, where available, is shown separately.

Series

The gold Lunar III in its one-tenth ounce format belongs to the third cycle of the lunar series from Australia's The Perth Mint, running from 2020 to 2031. Every year carries a different Chinese zodiac animal and its own, freshly designed reverse.

One tenth of an ounce is the smallest gold format in the series — it puts a given year in gold within reach at a fraction of the cost of a one-ounce coin, and is often bought as a birth-year gift.

Compared with the earlier cycles, Lunar III brought two significant changes: a far wider range of weights — from half an ounce up to a kilogram — and an extensive programme of variants: coloured, gilded, proof and privy-marked issues. For a collector that means “a complete set” can be defined in several ways — by year, by weight, or by the variants of a single animal.

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Shared across this format

• IssuerAustralia
• MintThe Perth Mint
• SeriesLunar III (third cycle, 2020–2031)
• Denomination15 Australian dollars (AUD)
• MetalGold
• FinenessAu 999.9 (24 carat)
• Weight1/10 troy ounce (approx. 3.11 g)
• ReverseThe Chinese zodiac animal for that year — redesigned annually
• ObversePortrait of the monarch — Queen Elizabeth II up to 2023, King Charles III thereafter
• Legal statusLegal tender in Australia

Worth knowing

• The Year of the Dragon 2024. The dragon is the most auspicious sign in Chinese tradition, and this year drew the strongest demand in the series — it also produced the largest number of variants.
• Privy marks. Several years appeared with a small additional stamp — most often a lion — struck in a separate, lower mintage. These are distinct catalogue entries, not variations of the same coin.
• Twelve distinct reverses. Unlike the Kangaroo, Maple Leaf or Eagle, where the motif stays fixed, every Lunar year has its own animal design.
• Buyers beyond numismatics. A coin matching someone's birth year is often bought as a gift — demand for the series does not rest on bullion markets alone.
• Three cycles, three eras. Lunar I covered 1996–2007 in gold and 1999–2010 in silver, Lunar II ran 2008–2019, and Lunar III began in 2020.

The same year in other weights and in gold

Lunar II was issued in parallel across several silver weights — half an ounce, one, two, five and ten ounces, up to a full kilogram — and across the complete gold range, from one tenth of an ounce to a kilogram. The same zodiac sign can therefore be assembled in several sizes and both metals, building a “vertical” collection rather than a chronological one.

Mintages, dimensions and year-specific details are listed in the parameters of each individual coin — the text above covers what the whole series has in common.