| Coin | Silver Ounce 2022 Daintree Rainforest |
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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 coloured silver coin with a "domed" shape is the second release in the Beauty, Rich & Rare series, and celebrates the Daintree Rainforest which is the oldest tropical rainforest on earth. In addition to crocodiles, snakes and poisonous jellyfish, the 180-million-year-old rainforest is also home to the blue-headed, flightless cassowaries. The birds reach a body size of up to 2 meters and have very sharp claws and beaks. In the past, they have often been conspicuous for their aggressive behaviour and are therefore considered "the most dangerous birds in the world".
The Daintree Rainforest is located in the north-east of Australia in the state of Queensland and occupies only a very small part of the total area of Australia - yet it is home to about 30 percent of all mammal species, 65 percent of all butterfly and bat species and 20 percent of the bird species in the whole of Australia. |
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The obverse of the coin depicts the crowned old bust of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the Royal Diamond Diadem crown worn for her Coronation (effigy known as the "Fifth Portrait" worldwide but "Sixth Portrait" in Australia, where the Queen's portrait by Vladimir Gottwald was fifth).
The Queen also wears the Coronation Necklace; originally made for Queen Victoria in 1858, it was also worn at the coronations (as Queen's Consort) of Queen Alexandra in 1902, Queen Mary in 1911 and Queen Elizabeth (the Queen mother) in 1937.
Unlike on British coinage, the effigy is "uncouped" (includes the Queen's shoulders). In small letters on the left, the artist's initials J.C (for Jody Clark).
The inscription containing the monarch's legend runs continuously around the rim.
The inscription also includes the precious metal content: ELIZABETH II · AUSTRALIA · ONE OUNCE FINE SILVER ·.
The portrait and the text are in a small circle at centre; the rest of the obverse (which is common for all coins in the range) shows a depiction of sea waves crashing above a reef, a rocky formation in the background, and two large tropical plant leaves above left. |
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The reverse design features a partially coloured depiction of the oldest tropical rainforest on earth. While the tree trunks arranged in a circle and the outer surroundings have been engraved, the canopy of the jungle appears centrally in bright emerald green.
Around above, the inscription DAINTREE FOREST. Around below, the date of issue and the name of the series: 2022 BEAUTY, RICH & RARE.In small letters below left, above the 0 in 2022, the initials of the designer, AS (for Aleksandra Stokic).
The face value $5 (five dollars) is on the left. |
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$5 DAINTREE FOREST 2022 BEAUTY, RICH & RARE |
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| Edge | Plain | Edge Inscription | None |
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| Notes | Finish: Proof FDC, coloured, domed shape.
Packaging: in grey presentation box, with a numbered Certificate of Authenticity.
RAM Product Code: 11098
Date of issue: 3 November 2022
Issue price: AU$ $140.00 |
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