Item: Perth Mint 2011 Australian Bush Babies Stamp and Coin Cover - Koala

Issue Mint: The Perth Mint

Legal Tender: Australian $1

Mintage: NA

Condition: Brand New in original issue condition.

Issue Price: $15.95

Release Date: 1st July 2011

Theme Background:  

The Perth Mint and Australia Post are thrilled to present the first coin in this adorable new series featuring iconic baby animals. The first release depicts a koala, one of Australia’s most beloved animals. The cuddly koala ‘bear’ is not really a bear at all, but a marsupial. Protected by law, the koala lives on a diet of eucalypt leaves from the tree of the same name. This furry creature is one of the few animals that actually has fingerprints similar to humans, and when distressed, the koala issues a cry that has been compared to that of a human baby.

Issued as legal tender under the Australian Currency Act 1965, the uncirculated aluminium bronze coin is housed in a beautifully designed card that fits inside a similarly illustrated envelope with a circular window revealing the coin’s reverse and obverse designs.

Design

In this outstanding design for Australian Bush Babies, Elise Martinson portrays a beautiful baby koala with its eyes bright and alert. Portrayed in colour, the cuddly koala is set against a background of golden wattle, waratah and flowering gums. The design includes the koala’s insect friend, a cicada, and The Perth Mint’s ‘P’ mintmark.

The coin’s obverse portrays the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the 2011 year-date.

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