Gold Fifth-Ounce 2010 Kangaroo in Outback (2), Coin from Australia - detailed information

The Australian fifth-ounce gold piece is a small and not often used commemorative coin format with a face value of twenty-five dollars. These are Non-Circulating Legal Tender coins and not bullion, because they are distributed at prices much higher than the intrinsic value of their precious metal content.

In Australia there are two mints authorised to strike legal tender: the Royal Australian Mint (which also makes the country's circulating coinage) and the Perth Mint which only makes collector and bullion coins, as well as other bullion products. Both mints endeavour to create coins with attractive designs, and to introduce new designs and themes often, in order to raise the numismatic value of the coins over the value of previous metal used.

This coin is the second part of a three-coin Kangaroo in Outback set by the Royal Australian Mint.

The reverse designs by award-winning coin sculptor Wojciech Pietranik recall his iconic Kangaroo at Sunset series, and also feature a lone kangaroo bounding across the Australian outback. The three coins in this set are a "stop motion" series, with the kangaroo's movement marked by the position of the windmill in the background - on the first coin it is on the right, then at centre, and then on the left as the kangaroo leaves it behind.