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…]
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…]
The Perth Mint of Australia has released one of the more unique sets to be offered to the coin buying public in recent years - the 2011 Heroes and Villains 1 Oz Silver Proof Coin Set. Included in this set are five 99.9% pure silver coins featuring colorized reverses depicting classic hero and villain pairs taken from literature and mythology.
Each coin in the set is struck as legal tender of the country of Tuvalu and includes the Raphael Maklouf effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of England on the obverse. Surrounding the image of the Queen are the inscriptions of "Queen Elizabeth II," "1 Dollar," "Tuvalu" and "2011." [click to continue…]
The Perth Mint of Australia has released the Golden Hind 1 Oz Silver Proof Coin as the second issue of the Ships That Changed the World Series. This coin is struck from one ounce of 99.9% pure silver and features a maximum mintage of only 5,000 pieces.
Shown on the reverse of the coin is a design depicting the majestic ship known as the Golden Hind. The ship was named the Golden Hind by Sir Francis Drake in preparation for his voyage around the Strait of Magellan. It was done in reference to one of Drake's primary sponsors of the voyage, Christopher Hatton, whose crest included the image of a hind (female deer). [click to continue…]
The Perth Mint of Australia shows the range of its diversified coin line-up with the release of strikes from two different series. The first is the Tobruk 1 Oz Silver Proof Coin struck as part of the 2011 Famous Battles in Australian History program and the second is the inaugural strike of the Bush Babies Stamp & Coin Cover series known as the Koala Bush Babies Coin.
Both coins are stuck as legal tender of Australia under the Australian Currency Act of 1965 and depict Ian Rank-Broadley's effigy of Queen Elizabeth II of England on their obverse. Both also feature a face value of AUD $1. [click to continue…]
The Royal Australian Mint is now offering the 2011 Australian Kangaroo at Sunset 1/5 Oz Silver Proof Coin for sale to the general public. The Royal Australian Mint lists the coins for AUD $65.00, or AUD $59.09 for international orders.
Struck from 99.9% pure silver, the introduction of these strikes continue a series that really dates back to 2007 when the design found on the reverse was first featured on a gold coin. Owing in large part to the extremely unique design, the gold coins proved popular with the public and a sell-out occurred in short order. [click to continue…]
