1 oz Silver Coin - 2022 Sumatran Elephant - Royal Australian Mint

The Australian Zoo Series

Royal Australian Mint has released a bullion series that features various animals. The first release featured the Sumatran tiger in both 1 oz Gold and 1 oz Silver, and sold out quickly. The second release features both 1 oz Gold and 1 oz Silver Cheetah coins. This third release features the Sumatran elephant in 1 oz Silver coins. The Sumatran elephant is the smallest subspecies of the Asian elephant. These elephants are native to the Indonesian island of Sumatra and are listed as critically endangered. They are threatened primarily by habitat loss, fragmentation and poaching. The coins in this series feature limited mintages, adding to the collectibility of the series.

• Obverse: Effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, along with the face value.

• Reverse: Features four adult Sumatran Elephants, along with the inscription "AUSTRALIA ZOO SUMATRAN ELEPHANT" and the metal content and purity.

• Sovereign coin backed by the Australian government.
  



Royal Australian Mint

Royal Australian Mint, located in Canberra, is well-known for their popular releases of Domed Proof coins, Lunar coins, and limited mintage bullion releases in both Silver and Gold. The coins range from themes about history, to astronomy, animals, to the Chinese Zodiac. The Royal Australian Mint also produces the circulating coins for Australia. The Mint was first opened in 1965, and the first mint of the country to not be a branch of the Royal Mint. Before Royal Australian Mint was formed, coins for the country were struck at various branches of the Royal Mint - the Sydney Mint, Melbourne Mint, and The Perth Mint.

Presentation & Mintage

This 1oz Silver Bullion Coin is presented in an individual protective acrylic capsule & an individual coin pouch.

No more than 25,000 of these coins will be released.

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