COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
REIGN OF ELIZABETH II (1952-PRESENT)
DISCOVER AUSTRALIA SERIES - AUSTRALIAN FAUNA – - PLATYPUS
GOLD $50 COIN CERTIFIED BY NGC PROOF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
ONLY 257 MINTED!
OBV: ELIZABETH II PORTRAIT HEAD WITH TIARA RIGHT; DENOMINATION BENEATH.
REV: PLATYPUS SWIMMING UNDERWATER, AIRBUBBLES GOING UPWARDS, RIVERBED BENEATH; DATE RIGHT.
KM# 979
THE PLATYPUS (ORNITHORHYNCHUS ANATINUS), IS NATIVE TO AUSTRALIA, AND IS AN EGG LAYING SEMI-AQUATIC MAMMAL. THIS BIZARRE AND UNUSUAL LOOKING CREATURE, WITH ITS FUR COAT AND DUCK-LIKE BILL, BEAVER-LIKE TAIL AND OTTER-LIKE FEET, IS A STRANGE SIGHT TO BEHOLD. IT IS ONE OF THE FEW VENOMOUS MAMMALS IN EXISTENCE, AND WAS ONCE HUNTED FOR ITS FUR, THOUGH IT IS NOW PROTECTED. THE PLATYPUS IS AN ENDURING ICON OF AUSTRALIA AND IS THE ANIMAL EMBLEM FOR THE PROVINCE OF NEW SOUTH WALES.
CONTAINS 15.5 GRAMS OF .999 FINE GOLD (.5 OZ AGW)
25 mm IN DIAMETER
ONLY 257 MINTED!
PERTH MINT
