2021 $5 The Earth and Beyond - The Milky Way Coloured Fine Silver Proof Domed Coin

2021 $5 The Earth and Beyond - The Milky Way Coloured Fine Silver Proof Domed Coin

This stunning silver proof coin showcases the majesty of our galaxy - the Milky Way.

Featuring a unique dome shape and cosmic colour print with limited mintage, they'll be as rare as a meteor shower r blue moon.

Coin collectors and space enthusiasts will delight in the Royal Australian Mint's follow up to the Earth and Beyond Series.

Planet earth, surrounding planets and the sun are located in a galaxy known as the Milky Way. The galaxy received its name because it looks like milk spilt across the sky.

A galaxy is a galaxy-bound collection of stars, gas and dust.

NASA estimates the Milky Way is home to about 100 billion stars and that it takes 250 million years for the sun to go all the way around the middle of the galaxy.

From earth the Milky Way looks flat but if there was a way to see it from above it would look like a giant spiral, spanning about 200,000 light years.

In 2013 UK scientists found the Milky Way has four arms not two.

In 1610, Italian astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei studied the Milky Way through his rudimentary telescope and was the first to observe it consisted of individual stars.

Each coin is minted from one ounce of 99.9% of fine silver and features colour print and unique dome shape.

The coin's reverse, coloured on the convex surface, features the face of the Sun with its surrounding corona.

Displayed in an attractive presentation case with numbered Certificate of Authenticity.

Each coin is issued as Australian Legal Tender.

The obverse features the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley, surrounded by the Milky Way.

Denomination : $5

Metal :              99.9% pure Silver

Weight :           1 oz

Diameter :        39.62 mm

Mintage :          6,000

Authenticity :    Royal Australian Mint Certificate of Authenticity