Australian Silver Kangaroo

  • Manufactured: 1993
  • Purity: 99.99%
  • Tax Status: No sales tax
  • Mint: Perth Mint
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Buy Australian Silver Kangaroo coins online. The Australian Silver Kangaroo is a one troy ounce bullion coin. They have a legal tender status in Australia and are one of the few legal tender bullion silver coins which change their design every year. The coin was first manufactured in 1993 and production of the coin still goes on until now. The Silver Kangaroo coins are issued in two forms; a proof coin and a frosted uncirculated coin.

The coin has the following specifications: a diameter of 40.6 millimeters and a thickness of 3.2 millimeters. The coin has a silver purity of 99.99% and a reeded edge. The obverse of the 2019 coin portrays the all-new effigy of Queen Elizabeth II which was designed by Joy Clark in the year 2015 as the fifth-generation image of Her Majesty for British coins. The Queen face the right profile of the coin with the crown she wore for her coronation in 1953 on her head. She has the beaded Victorian Coronation necklace around her neck. The name “ELIZABETH II” is inscribed on the left side of the coin from the bottom-left to the top-right.  “AUSTRALIA” is engraved on the right side of the coin; from the top-right to the bottom-right. The first six letters of the coin are shaded. The face value of the coin, “1 DOLLAR”, is debossed at the bottom of the coin.

The Silver Kangaroo coin depicts the image of a red kangaroo hopping along the reverse with an artistic sunburst design surrounding the design field. The red kangaroo is the largest of the four species of kangaroos found on the Australian continent. It faces the left side of the coin with its tail at the bottom-right of the coin. The text “AUSTRALIAN KANGAROO” is at the top of the coin, from the top-left to the top-right. The year of production, the size and silver purity of the coin are engraved at the bottom of the coin: “2019 1 OZ 9999 SILVER”. The mint mark, “P”, is embossed on the mid-right side of the coin.

Manufactured by the Perth Mint. When you buy Australian Silver Kangaroo coins online, investors of the coin are free from sales tax or VAT. There is also a Gold Australian Kangaroo available, which is no doubt Australia’s most popular investment coin available.

Additional information

Mint

The Perth Mint

Country of Origin

Australia

Series

Kangaroo

Weight

12.553 gm, 3.111 gm, 31.107 gm, 7.777 gm

Pure Silver Content

0.10 Troy oz, 0.25 Troy oz, 0.5 Troy oz, 1 Troy oz

Purity

999.9

Dimensions

20.60 mm, 25.50 mm, 32.60 mm, 40.60 mm

Alloy

999 fine silver

Denomination

$0.10 AUD, $0.25 AUD, $0.50 AUD, $1 AUD

Quality

Bullion

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