| Coin | Gold Ounce 2019 Moon Landing, RAM |
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The Australian one-ounce gold piece (abbreviated as 1 oz and designated with Au for "gold") is a bullion coin format. Uniquely, 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 commemorates the 50th Anniversary of the First Moon Landing.
"That is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind"; Neil Armstrong said this famous phrase in July 1969 when he was the first person to step on the surface of the moon. The successful landing of United States spacecraft Apollo 11’s Lunar Module "Eagle" on the Moon has been watched by more than half a billion people on TV. |
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The obverse shows the crowned mature head of Queen Elizabeth II facing right (her effigy known as the "Fourth Portrait"). The Queen wears the "Girls of Great Britain and Ireland" diamond tiara, a wedding gift from Queen Mary (Her Majesty's grandmother) in 1947 - which she also has on the Machin and the Gottwald portraits.
In small letters below the head, the artist's initials IRB (for Ian Rank-Broadley).
Around the effigy is the monarch's legend and the date: ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2019.
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The reverse of the coin portrays the Saturn V rocket, an astronaut and the first footprint of an astronaut on the surface of the moon.
Around above, the inscription 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MOON LANDING.
Around below, face value ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS, followed by the metal content: 1 oz .9999 Au (one troy ounce of 99.99% gold). |
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| Reverse Inscription |
50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MOON LANDING ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS 1 oz .9999 Au |
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| Edge | Milled | Edge Inscription | None |
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| Notes | Finish: Brilliant Uncirculated.
Packaging: in presentation box, with a Certificate of Authenticity. |
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| See also |
Coins marking the 50th Anniversary of the first Moon Landing:
- Australia (Perth Mint), 1 oz Gold, Moon Landing, 2019
- Australia (Royal Australian Mint), 1 oz Gold, Moon Landing, 2019
- Australia (Perth Mint), 5 oz Silver, Moon Landing, 2019
- Australia (Perth Mint), 1 oz Silver, Moon Landing, 2019
- Australia (Royal Australian Mint), 1 oz Silver, Moon Landing, 2019
- Australia (Royal Australian Mint), $1 Aluminium Bronze, Moon Landing, 2019
- Australia (Royal Australian Mint), 5 Cents Copper-Nickel, Moon Landing, 2019
- Barbados, 0.5 g Gold, Moon Landing 2019
- Barbados, 1 oz Silver, Moon Landing 2019
- New Zealand, 1 oz Silver, Space Pioneers, 2019
- South Africa, 2 Rand (Crown) Silver, Polymer Putty, 2019
- South Africa, 2 1/2 Cents Silver, 2019
- Switzerland, 20 Francs Silver, Moon Landing, 2019
There is a silver ounce with the same design. |
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