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The Australian half ounce silver piece (abbreviated as 1/2 oz and designated with Ag for "silver") is a bullion and commemorative 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 silver half-ounce coin by the Perth Mint is intended as a gift on the occasion of a newborn baby. The Mint says about it: In western folklore, parents have told their children for centuries that babies are delivered by a stork. As an Australian take on this legend, the coin’s reverse depicts a cute Australian kookaburra carrying a sleeping newborn baby in a swaddling cloth." | ||||||
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Note that the Mint-supplied image of the reverse is actually from previous years, when the precious metal content was on the reverse.
Finish: proof, coloured.
Packaging: in a gift card providing space to write the baby’s details and a family tree, as well as a framed sleeve to house a photograph. There is a numbered Certificate of Authenticity.
Perth Mint Item ID: 16Y34AAD
Issue price: AU$ 65.00, US$ 45.39
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Royal Mint |
Country | Australia |
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Currency | Australian Dollar |
Coin Type | Silver Half Ounce (1/2 oz) |
Issued | 2016 |
Monarch | Queen Elizabeth II |
Effigy | Queen Elizabeth II - Fourth Portrait, by Ian Rank-Broadley |
Face Value | 50 (x Cent) |
Mintage | unknown |
Current | Yes |
Material | 0.999 Silver |
Designer | Aleysha Howarth |
Technology | Milled (machine-made) |
Shape | Round |
Orientation | Medal Alignment (Axis 0) |
Size | 36.6000 mm |
Thickness | 2.300 mm |
Mass | 15.5910 g |
OCC ID | DKLM-EMKC-YPGB-ENZB |
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