Silver Ounce 2019 Earth and Beyond - The Moon, Coin from Australia - detailed information

The Australian one ounce silver piece (abbreviated as 1 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.

Some of these coins can be classified as "Smartminting" (or "smart minting") due to the technologies used in their production; these include irregular shapes, coloured surfaces, precious stone inserts etc. The coins are targeted at collectors who appreciated them as art rather than at bullion investors.

This coin is the second issue in the Royal Australian Mint's Earth and Beyond coin series dedicated to the planets in our solar system and the space beyond, and features the Moon.

The fifth largest moon of the solar system orbits the Earth in an average of 27 days. Depending on where the moon is currently located, its appearance varies. Because of its relatively short distance from Earth, Earth's Moon is the best-studied celestial body. The fantastic coin of one ounce of silver shows the full moon in colour. The convex shape adds depth to the full moon, making it appear rounded and particularly realistic.