Silver Ounce 2013 Discover Australia - Platypus, Coin from Australia - detailed information

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Discover Australia – Platypus 2013 1oz Silver Proof Coin | The Perth Mint

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Buy the Discover Australia – Platypus 2013 1oz Silver Proof Coin at The Perth Mint, featuring: Proof Quality 99.9% Pure Silver Coloured Reverse Design Australian Legal Tender Beautiful Packaging and Numbered Certificate Limited Mintage – 5,000 Available Individually or in a Five-Coin Set

The platypus is one of Australia’s most curious and fascinating native animals. This small, amphibious mammal has a tail like a beaver, a body like an otter, a beak like a bird, walks like a reptile and has webbed feet. Proof Quality 99.9% Pure Silver The Discover Australia – Platypus 2013 1oz coin is struck from 99.9% pure silver in superb proof quality. Coloured Reverse Design The coin's reverse depicts a platypus against a coloured tropical rainforest scene. The inscriptions DISCOVER AUSTRALIA and PLATYPUS, The Perth Mint’s ‘P’ mintmark and the 2013 year-date are also included 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 monetary denomination. Beautiful Packaging and Numbered Certificate The Discover Australia – Platypus 2013 1oz Silver Proof Coin is available in an individual display case or in a five-coin presentation case with the other coins in the series. Both cases feature a timber lid and stylised shipper. Limited Mintage The Perth Mint will release no more than 5,000 of the Discover Australia – Platypus 2013 1oz Silver Proof Coin, with an issue limit of 3,500 individual coins and 1,500 for the five-coin sets. Available Individually or in a Five-Coin Set This coin is available individually or as part of a five-coin set also featuring a 1oz Kangaroo, Koala, Emu and Kookaburra coin from the 2013 Discover Australia series

Silver Content (Troy oz): 1
Monetary Denomination (AUD): 1
Fineness (% purity): 99.9
Minimum Gross Weight (g): 31.135
Maximum Diameter (mm): 40.60
Maximum Thickness (mm): 4.00
Maximum Mintage: 5,000
Designer: Ing Ing Jong
Perth Mint Item ID: 1318DDAA
Issue price: AU$ 49.5, US$ 34.51