Silver Ounce 2015 Opal - Python, Coin from Australia - detailed information

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Australian Opal Series – Rough-Scaled Python 2015 1oz Silver Proof Coin | The Perth Mint

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Buy the Australian Opal Series – Rough-Scaled Python 2015 1oz Silver Proof Coin from The Perth Mint, featuring: Proof Quality 99.9% Pure Silver Beautiful Authentic Australian Opal Australian Legal Tender Limited Mintage – 8,000 Gorgeous Illustrated Presentation Packaging Numbered Certificate Seventh Release in Australian Opal Series

The seventh release in the Australian Opal Series features the Rough-Scaled Python, a dark brown reptile with pale brown pattern, a triangular head and a thin muscular body. Their keeled scales have ridges along the middle giving them a rough, sandpaper-like feel. This non-venomous python kills its prey by constriction. Proof Quality 99.9% Pure Silver Each coin is struck by The Perth Mint from 1oz of 99.9% pure silver in proof quality. Beautiful Authentic Australian Opal The coin’s reverse incorporates an inner panel design of a Rough-Scaled Python detailed in pure Australian opal. The outer panel of the coin depicts a collection of fern fronds. The design includes the inscription ROUGH SCALED PYTHON, the 2015 year-date, and The Perth Mint’s traditional ‘P’ mintmark. Australian Legal Tender Issued as legal tender under the Australian Currency Act 1965, the coin’s obverse depicts the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the monetary denomination. Limited Mintage The Perth Mint will release no more than 8,000 of the Australian Opal Series – Rough-Scaled Python 2015 1oz Silver Proof Coin. Gorgeous Illustrated Presentation Packaging and Numbered Certificate The coin is presented in a prestigious display case with a light, which turns on as you open the lid, to represent the moon shining down on the nocturnal creature. The coin is accompanied by a stunning illustrated shipper and a numbered Certificate of Authenticity.

Silver Content (Troy oz): 1
Monetary Denomination (AUD): 1.00
Fineness (% purity): 99.9
Minimum Gross Weight (g): 31.135
Maximum Diameter (mm): 36.60
Maximum Thickness (mm): 4.50
Maximum Mintage: 8,000
Designer: Aleysha Howarth
Perth Mint Item ID: 15U99AAA
Issue price: AU$ 115.01, US$ 82.27