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Young Collectors 'Experience It!' – Skateboarding 2013 $1 Coin in Card | The Perth Mint
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Buy the Young Collectors ‘Experience It’ – Skateboarding 2013 $1 Coin in Card from The Perth Mint featuring: Aluminium Bronze $1 Coin Stunning Reverse Design Australian Legal Tender Illustrated Presentation Card Great Gift for Kids Also available: Surfing, the first coin in the series with a special display album.
The 2013 Young Collectors ‘Experience It!’ series features six coins each portraying an outdoor leisure activity in which Australian kids love to partake, with skateboarding being the fifth exciting release. With its origins as a pastime and mode of personal transportation dating back to the 1940s, skateboarding has become a hugely popular and thrilling activity for children and young adults alike. Aluminium Bronze $1 Coin This $1 coin is struck by The Perth Mint from high quality aluminium bronze. Stunning Original Reverse Design The coin’s coloured reverse portrays a skateboarder performing a trick against a backdrop of a skate park and other skaters. The inscription SKATEBOARDING, The Perth Mint’s ‘P’ mintmark, and the monetary denomination also appear in the design. Australian Legal Tender Issued as Australian legal tender, the coin’s obverse depicts the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the 2013 year-date. Illustrated Presentation Card A great gift for any budding young collector or skateboard enthusiast, the coin is housed in an illustrated presentation card which has fantastic illustrations and information about skateboarding. Special Display Album Available The first release in this series, Surfing, is available in a coin album with an illustrated card cover. The album is designed to fit all six coins in this series. Please note that the coin album is not available for purchase separately.
Monetary Denomination (AUD): 1 Metal: Aluminium Bronze Minimum Gross Weight (g): 13.80 Maximum Diameter (mm): 30.20 Maximum Thickness (mm): 3.10 Maximum Mintage: Unlimited Designer: Natasha Muhl Perth Mint Item ID: 1320FAAD Issue price: AU$ 9.94, US$ 7.11 |