The fourth release of the popular Famous Battles in Australian History series has been issued by the Perth Mint of Australia. Called the Kapyong 1 Oz Silver Proof Coin, the strike recalls the Battle of Kapyong fought during the Korean War in April of 1951.
Each silver proof coin is struck from one ounce of 99.9% pure silver. The reverse of the strike contains the colorized image emblematic of the conflict. [click to continue…]
The Perth Mint of Australia released the 2012 Australian Platypus Platinum Bullion Coin on December 5, 2011. The strike contains one ounce of 99.95% pure platinum and features a diameter of 32.60 mm.
This new platinum release marks the second time the Perth has issued a coin in the platypus series. The first Platypus Platinum Coin debuted earlier this year with a 2011-dated strike with indications by the Perth that the series will continue into the foreseeable future. [click to continue…]
Scheduled for release earlier this month, the Perth Mint of Australia has struck two new coins to mark the 60th Anniversary of the ascension of Queen Elizabeth II of England to the throne. The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Coins mark the occasion with extremely limited mintages and are available now directly from the Perth.
The Diamond Jubilee 2 oz Gold Proof Coin includes a diamond in the reverse design and features a maximum mintage of only 60 coins. The Diamond Jubilee 1 Oz Silver Proof Coin will be available in greater (albeit still relatively low) quantities with a maximum mintage of 7,500.
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Mayflower 1 Oz Silver Proof Coin (Perth Mint images)
The Perth Mint of Australia has released the Mayflower 1 Oz Silver Proof Coin. This strike continues the successful Ships That Changed the World Series which has experienced sell-outs since first debuting earlier this year.
Shown on the reverse of the Mayflower Silver Proof Coin is a colorized image depicting the famous Mayflower Ship. Each coin, like the others in the series, is struck from one ounce of 99.9% pure silver. [click to continue…]
Reaffirming its position as one of the premier minting institutions of the world, the Perth Mint of Australia has struck what it claims is the "biggest, heaviest, inherently the most valuable gold bullion coin in the world" - the 1 Tonne Gold Kangaroo Coin struck from 99.99% pure gold.
As the name of the strike suggests, the coin was created as part of the Perth's extremely popular gold kangaroo series. All of the bullion coins in the series feature reverse imagery containing Australia's iconic marsupial - the kangaroo. [click to continue…]
The Royal Australian Mint has released two new silver coins as part of its 2012 Kangaroo Series - the 2012 Mareeba Rock-wallaby Silver Proof Coin and the 2012 Mareeba Rock-wallaby Frosted Silver Uncirculated Coin. Both contain the same image of a Mareeba Rock-wallaby, but feature different finishes resulting in a unique design on each version.
Each is struck from one ounce of 99.9% pure silver and are issued as some of the first 2012-dated releases from the Royal Australian Mint (RAM). A companion 1/10 ounce 99.99% pure gold Mareeba Rock-wallaby coin was also released, but the RAM already indicates the allocation process is closed for those gold strikes. [click to continue…]
The Perth Mint of Australia has issued the 2012 Year of the Dragon Gilded Silver Coin. This strike is composed of one ounce of 99.9% pure silver and features a reverse design including the mythical character of a dragon gilded in 24-karat gold.
In fact, the dragon design may be a familiar one to coin enthusiasts as it is the same one found on an associated 2012 Year of the Dragon Silver Bullion Coin. The bullion coin was released by the Perth Mint last month as part of its Australian Lunar Series II along with a gold bullion coin. [click to continue…]
With the recent release of the 2012 Year of the Dragon Gold and Silver Bullion Coins, it may interest some to know that the Perth Mint of Australia is still offering collector grade strikes featuring the previous Year of the Rabbit designs. These remaining 2011 Year of the Rabbit Gold and Silver Coins may only be available for a limited time as either maximum mintages for specific strikes are met or production focus shifts to new designs.
Until that time, collectors may order the 2011 Year of the Rabbit Gold and Silver Coins directly from the Perth Mint. Once no longer available from the Perth, collectors will have to turn to the secondary market to obtain the unique strikes. [click to continue…]
The Perth Mint of Australia has announced that the 2012 Australian Koala Silver Bullion Coins will be available for sale beginning on November 1, 2011. A total of four different sizes of the Australian Koala Coin will be issued with each struck from 99.9% pure silver.
Shown on the reverse of the silver bullion coins will be a design featuring Australia's famous marsupial, the koala. The design is new for 2012 in keeping with the Perth's tradition of changing the koala image annually in the series. [click to continue…]
The Perth Mint of Australia has released the newest editions of the Australian Lunar Series II - the 2012 Year of the Dragon Gold and Silver Bullion Coins. Coins in these series are either struck from 99.99% pure gold or 99.9% pure silver to several different sizes.
Like previous releases in this series, these coins are centered around the Chinese zodiac with the 2012 strikes specifically depicting the fifth animal of 12 featured in the zodiac - the Dragon. Thus, a unique dragon design was created for both the gold and the silver Year of the Dragon Coins. [click to continue…]
