2024 Perth Mint Welcome Nugget 1oz Gold Coin
AUD $4,414.12
We are delighted to reprise Stuart Devlin’s portrayal of Welcome, one of Australia’s most famous gold nuggets, on this 1oz investment coin struck from 99.99% pure gold.
Key features:
- 99.99% pure gold
- Celebrated nugget design
- Special ‘P125’ anniversary mintmark
- Authentication feature
- Australian legal tender
- Mintage of only 7,500
Famous find
Welcome was discovered 180 metres underground in 1858 by a party of Cornish miners at Ballarat, Victoria. The world’s largest known nugget at the time, it weighed 69 kilograms and was reported to be of exceptional purity. Sold by the jubilant diggers for just over £10,000, it was eventually melted and turned into gold sovereigns by London’s Royal Mint. Welcome remains the second largest gold nugget ever found (to Welcome Stranger, dug up in Victoria 11 years later.)
Celebrated nugget design
Originally created for the Australian Nugget 1988 1oz gold coin, the image of Welcome appears on the new release surrounded by a pattern of radial lines. Included in the design are the inscriptions ‘AUSTRALIAN NUGGET’, ‘WELCOME 1858’, and the coin’s weight, fineness, and 2024 year-date. The reverse also includes a ‘P125’ mintmark signifying The Perth Mint’s 125th anniversary.
H.M. King Charles III effigy
The coin’s obverse portrays the Dan Thorne effigy of His Majesty King Charles III, and the monetary denomination.
Authentication feature
The coin incorporates an authentication feature on the reverse. In the form of a micro-laser engraved letter, it is only detectable under a magnifying glass.
Presentation
The coin is presented in a protective acrylic capsule.
