2026 Perth Mint Gold Rush 175th Anniversary Uncirculated PNC
175th Anniversary | $1 Aluminium Bronze Coin | Postal Numismatic Cover | Issue Mintage 6,500
Commemorate a defining chapter in Australian history with the 2026 Australia’s First Gold Rush 175th Anniversary $1 Postal Numismatic Cover.
Issued to mark 175 years since the discovery of gold at Ophir, New South Wales, this commemorative release combines an uncirculated aluminium bronze $1 Australian legal tender coin with an official Australia Post first-day-of-issue postmarked stamp. Limited to an issue mintage of 6,500, it provides a distinctive numismatic and philatelic tribute to the event that transformed Australia.
🎨 Design Description
The coin’s reverse features a map of Australia with a dot identifying Ophir, accompanied by a prominent “175” anniversary inscription.
Gold-rush imagery includes a crossed shovel and pickaxe, lantern, tent, wheelbarrow, bucket, cradle box and a depiction of gold panning.
The design is completed by the inscription “AUSTRALIA’S FIRST GOLD RUSH”, the 2026 year-date and The Perth Mint’s ‘P’ mintmark.
✨ Key Features
⛏️ Celebrates 175 years since Australia’s first official gold rush
🗺️ Features Ophir marked on a map of Australia
🏛️ Official Perth Mint commemorative release
🇦🇺 Australian legal tender
📮 Includes Australia Post first-day-of-issue postmark
✅ Features Seal of Authenticity
🎨 Designed by Lucas Bowers
🌍 Limited mintage: 6,500
📦 Presented as a Postal Numismatic Cover
📋 Specifications
| Year | 2026 |
| Mint | The Perth Mint |
| Theme | Australia’s First Gold Rush 175th Anniversary |
| Product Type | Postal Numismatic Cover (PNC) |
| Metal | Base Metal / Aluminium Bronze |
| Finish | Uncirculated |
| Denomination | $1 AUD |
| Issue Mintage | 6,500 |
| Legal Tender | Australia |
| Designer | Lucas Bowers |
| Reverse Design | Australia map with Ophir marker, “175”, crossed shovel and pickaxe, and gold-rush imagery |
| Mintmark | Perth Mint “P” |
| Packaging | Card with circular coin window |
| Postal Feature | Official first-day-of-issue postmarked Australia Post stamp |
| Authentication | Seal of Authenticity |
| Anniversary | 175th Anniversary of Australia’s First Gold Rush |
| SKU | CG26PMGRBUNC1DPN01 |
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