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Very low mintage for this perfect series, only 7,500! each coin.
Silver series Treasures of Australia is a beautiful series of locket coins celebrating Australia’s abundance of natural riches.
The home of prolific gold discoveries in the second half of the nineteenth century, Australia remains one of the largest producers of the world’s favourite precious metal. Recognising the importance of gold in Australian history, the fourth release from our Treasures of Australia locket coin series encapsulates beads of gold.
The design surrounds a transparent half-circle locket containing approximately 1-carat of Australian white opals. A token of hope and purity in ancient times, opal is the modern birthstone of people born in October.
Scheduled for release between 2007 and 2011, Treasures of Australia celebrates five glittering prizes found in Australia: Sapphires, Opals, Diamonds, Gold nuggets, and Pearls.
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Perth Mint has issued amazing series Treasures of Australia in a full 31,1 grams 99.99% pure silver coin
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Diameter 40.6 mm and beautifully designed coin is made of 99.99% pure silver Proof coin
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Reverse design portrays an abstract interpretation of Australia’s stark and beautiful landscape. The design includes one the inscriptions “TREASURES OF AUSTRALIA” and Contains 1 – grams of Gold Nuggets seen from two sides
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Obverse: Effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, Country Australia, Weight 1 oz. silver 999, date of issue 2010 and the legal tender value of 1$ Australian Dollars
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Mintage is 7,500 and is very popular series from Perth Mint in last years
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Strict limited mintage of 7,500 coins worldwide and is sold out
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Coin comes in a beautiful presented in a prestigious color case with numbered COA
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In the series of Treasures of Australia you can find:
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2007 Treasures of Australia – Sapphires
2008 Treasures of Australia – Opals
2009 Treasures of Australia – Diamonds
2010 Treasures of Australia – Gold Nuggets
2011 Treasures of Australia – Keshi Pearl
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History:
A gold nugget is a naturally occurring piece of native gold. Watercourses often concentrate nuggets and finer gold in placers. Nuggets are recovered by placer mining, but they are also found in residual deposits where the gold-bearing veins or lodes are weathered. Nuggets are also found in the tailings piles of previous mining operations, especially those left by gold mining dredges.
Nuggets are usually 20.5K to 22K purity (83% to 92%). Gold nuggets in Australia often are 23K or slightly higher, while Alaskan nuggets are usually at the lower end of the spectrum. Purity can be roughly assessed by the nugget color, the richer and deeper the orange-yellow the higher the gold content. Nuggets are also referred to by their fineness, for example “865 fine” means the nugget is 865 parts per thousand in gold. The common impurities are silver and copper. Nuggets high in silver content constitute the alloy electrum.
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