Afternoon everyone….
Well it’s a rainy miserable day here in the northeast. But I did manage to finish up the cabinets for the kitchen install which begins tomorrow.
I thought I’d share a larger piece of silver today. It’s a 2015 Perth Mint ten ounce koala coin.
Here’s some info on it:
The 2015 10 oz Australian Silver Koala features a single, stoic koala perched in a tree. The vast expanse of the outback is noticeable in the background, with a sweeping prairie grassland giving way to a mountainous landscape in the distance. The koala has been intricately designed with long hair and clearly defined claws on its fingers and toes as it sits in the treetop. The opposite side of the coin will feature the same stamps that were used on the 2014 silver coin series produced at the Perth Mint.
On the obverse side of the coin, the aforementioned koala image is featured in stunning detail. Above the koala’s head along the rim of the coin is the phrase “Australian Koala,” while the minting year, weight, and purity of the coin are stamped below the image. On the reverse side, a profile bust image of Queen Elizabeth is featured in the center. Above her majesty’s head, the words “Elizabeth II, Australia” will be featured.
When gold was discovered on the Australian continent in the middle of the 19th century, the Royal Mint of London needed facilities in its Australian colony to refine the gold into sovereigns, half-sovereigns, and other coins. The Perth Mint was the final facility to open in the colony of Australia, following the Sydney Mint in 1855 and the Melbourne Mint in 1872. Today, the Perth Mint is the only remaining mint from that era. After the transfer of power from Great Britain in 1970 to the Government of Western Australia, an agreement was struck with the Commonwealth of Australia’s Department of Treasury in 1987 to mint official coinage for the country
