Silver Thirty-five Grams (2019) Alien 40th Anniversary, Coin from Australia - detailed information

Australia has two mints, the Royal Australian Mint (which also makes the country's circulating coinage) and the Perth Mint, which are both very active in the bullion coinage space; coins issued by them are legal tender.

They sometimes also strike bullion and commemorative objects of precious metal which are not legal tender. One of these formats, targeted at collectors, is the silver foil - a large thin rectangle weighing more than than one troy ounce, usually with a commemorative theme.

Struck by the Perth Mint from 35 grams of 99.9% silver, this oil fuses colour and engraving to portray the iconic poster of the Alien movie on the occasion of its 40th Anniversary.

Conveying an eerie sense of foreboding, the poster for the 1979 hit movie gave viewers a spine-tingling taste of the horror to come. Designed by Philip Gips and Steve Frankfurt, the poster depicts a giant mottled egg below the film’s title. A V-shaped crack at the egg’s base spills a sickly yellow-green light. The oval pod floats in darkness above a latticed grille and the movie’s ominous tagline: "In space no one can hear you scream". An image that spoke instantly of unimaginable terror, it was the perfect representation of the horror and mystery the film would bring generations of moviegoers.