Early this month, Perth Mint has been releasing a new gold coin, Australian Koala 2010 gold proof. Loved by collectors for their delightful artistry, the annual Australian Koala is one of the world’s most beautiful gold proof coin series. The 2010 coins are struck from 2oz, 1oz, 1/10oz and 1/25oz of 99.99% pure gold in proof quality. The spectacular 1oz ‘high relief’ coin is struck on a significantly thicker blank to accommodate its greater design depth. Each coins also accompanied by a numbered Certificate of Authenticity.
The reverse of each coin depicts a fresh new interpretation of a young koala on a tree branch eating gum leaves with the design incorporates The Perth Mint’s ‘P’ mint mark.
Issued as legal tender under the Australian Currency Act 1965, each coin features the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on its obverse.
The Perth Mint will release no more than:
- 250 -2oz coins
- 2,000 -1oz coins
- 5,000 -1/10oz coins
- 15,000 -1/25oz coins
Gold Content (Troy oz): 2oz, 1oz, 1/10oz, 1/25oz.
Monetary Denomination (AUD): 200(2oz), 100(1oz) 15(1/10oz), 5(1/25oz).
Fineness (% purity): 99.99 (for all sizes)
Minimum Gross Weight (g): 62.215(2oz), 31.107(1oz), 3.108(1/10oz), 1.244(1/25oz).
Maximum Diameter (mm): 40.60(2oz), 27.30(1oz), 16.10(1/10oz), 14.10(1/25oz).
Maximum Thickness (mm): 3.90(2oz), 4.50(1oz), 1.50(1/10oz), 1.40(1/25oz).
You can visit The Perth Mint for worldwide sale, some of the coins not on sale for some country. The Perth Mint does not sell the 2oz and 1oz Australian Koala gold proof coin in the USA or Canada. Customers in these locations should visit www.govmint.com for 2oz and visit www.newyorkmint.net for 1oz. Each coin is housed in a luxury presentation case with a jarrah timber lid. Each display case comes in an attractively illustrated box shipper.
The koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia, and the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae. The koala is found in coastal regions of eastern and southern Australia, from near Adelaide to the southern part of Cape York Peninsula. Populations also extend for considerable distances inland in regions with enough moisture to support suitable woodlands. The koalas of South Australia were largely exterminated during the early part of the 20th century, but the state has since been repopulated with Victorian stock. The koala is not found in Tasmania or Western Australia.
