2025 $1 100 Years of Ford Australia - XP Falcon Coin & Stamp Cover PNC

2025 $1 100 Years of Ford Australia - XP Falcon Coin & Stamp Cover PNC 

The Perth Mint have marked 100 Years of Ford Australia - XP Falcon Base Metal Coin.

In 1925 the Ford Motor Company of Australia Limited (known as Ford Australia) was founded as a subsidiary of the Ford Motor Company of Canada, with headquarters in Geelong, Victoria.

On July 1, in an improved factory in a converted wool store, the first Australian-built Ford vehicle was completed.

The company built a permanent Geelong factory that produced various models over the years, and in 1956 opened a second complex in Broadmeadows, which became its headquarters in 1961.

Ford manufacturing in Australia ended in 2016. 

Ford Australia continues to lead design and development of the Ranger utility and Everest SUV models, and imports vehicles for Australian buyers.

The best-know Ford in Australia was the Falcon, with more than 3.5 million vehicles produced here between 1960 and 2016. Originally based on an American design, over the decades it was increasingly adapted to Australian conditions.

The XP Falcon, praised for its strength, reliability and refined driving dynamics, was produced in 1965-66, and was the first Ford to win Australia's Wheels Magazine Car of the Year Award.

The coin's reverse presents an illustration of the XP Falcon - 1965. As well as the inscription "100 YEARS OF FORD AUSTRLIA 2025", the reverse also incorporates the 'Ford 100 Years' logo.

The coins are housed in a beautifully designed card with a circular window revealing the coin's reverse and obverse designs.

Fixed to the envelope is an official Australia Post $1.70  stamp which is post marked First Day of Issue and the envelope includes Australia Post's Seal of Authenticity.

Postmarked TBA

Denomination :       $1

Metal :                     Aluminium Bronze

Weight :                  13.50 gms

Diameter :               30.70 mm

Mintage :                 6,000

Australia Post Seal of Authenticity

Serial Numbers will vary. Pictures for illustration only.