| Coin | Silver Ounce 2022 Quokka, Bullion |
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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.
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 one ounce silver bullion coin with a face value of $1 is the third bullion coin by the Perth Mint featuring the Quokka.
Quokkas are wallaby-like marsupials found mainly in the south west region of Western Australia, particularly Rottnest Island, an idyllic location 18 kilometres off the coast near Perth. About the same size of domestic cats, furry quokkas are extremely sociable animals blessed with a cute, smiley and highly photogenic appearance. |
| Mint | Perth Mint |
Mint Mark | Letter P |
Total Mintage | 30,000 |
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The obverse of the coin depicts the crowned old head of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the Royal Diamond Diadem crown and the Victoria Coronation necklace worn for her Coronation. This is her effigy known as the "Fifth Portrait" worldwide and "Sixth Portrait" in Australia, in "uncouped" version - showing the Queen's shoulders and not terminating at the neck as the normal version.
On the left, in small letters on the Queen's shoulder, the artist's initials J.C (for Jody Clark).
Running continuously around the rim is the monarch's legend and the face value: ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1oz 9999 Ag 2022 1 DOLLAR.
The inscription around the rim also incorporates the precious metal content. "1 oz 9999 Ag" means "one ounce of 99.99% silver" - Ag is abbreviated from the Latin word for silver, Argentum. |
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The reverse design portrays two quokkas at a waterhole with nearby Rottnest Island daisies.
In the ground below right, the designer's initials SR (for Sean Rogers). On the left, the Perth Mint's traditional P mint mark.
Around above, the inscription QUOKKA. |
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| Reverse Inscription |
QUOKKA |
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| Edge | Milled | Edge Inscription | None |
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| Notes | Silver content in Troy oz: 1.000
Finish: Brilliant Uncirculated.
Packaging: individual coin in acrylic capsule.
Perth Mint Product Code: 22M85AAX
Issue price: AU$ 39.30
The coin incorporates an authentication feature in the form of a micro-laser engraved letter. Detectable under a magnifying glass, it is designed to make it significantly more difficult for the coin to be counterfeited. |
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