2015 $1 Kangaroo Series - Explorers First Sightings 1oz Silver Proof Coin

2015 $1 Explorers First Sightings Silver Proof Coin

The Royal Australian Mint is proud to continue its tradition of coins depicting kangaroos.

The third coin in the Kangaroo Series : Explorer’s First Sightings is based on an original hand-coloured engraving, which has been captured with modern minting technology to celebrate the early glimpses of this iconic Australian animal.

Before they captured the hearts of generations of Australians, kangaroos caught the attention of early explorers.

These curious creatures were depicted in words and artworks which seem inaccurate today, but are filled with the beauty of these animals capturing people’s imaginations.

Vincent Woodthorpe’s hand-coloured engraving was published in George Barrington’s A Voyage to Botany Bay, where he described kangaroos as, ‘about the size of a common deer, of a dark tan colour … it’s hind legs are much longer than the fore, and with them they leap and spring forward with amazing rapidly.

This early sense of wonder about kangaroos and their ongoing legacy as Australian icons is captured on three different coins, which cater for the widest cross-section of Australian coin collectors.

This coin is the final release in the Kangaroo Series : Explorers First Sightings.

Each coin is issued as Australian Legal Tender under the Australian Currency Act 1965.

Each coin comes presented in a full colour shipper along with Certificate of Authenticity

Denomination :                  $1

Quality :                            Proof

Metal :                              99.9% Pure Silver

Weight :                            1oz

Diameter :                         40.00 mm

Mintage :                           10,000

Certificate of Authenticity : Certificate of Authenticity