Australia 2018 Koala & Baby 2 oz

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  • SKU:500451
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Koala and Baby

The koala is a largely sedentary species of marsupial that can spend as many as 20 hours each day sleeping. The creatures live in eucalypt woodlands throughout the continent of Australia, with the leaves of the tree forming the backbone of its diet. This beloved creature in Australia has been saved from the brink of extinction in the early 20 century and now has a vulnerable status, the least concern among “threatened” species.

On the reverse is the image of a mother koala as it moves along a sturdy branch in a eucalyptus tree with its young baby on its back. When baby koalas are born they weigh less than a ½ gram and cannot see or hear. The keen sense of smell and strong forelimbs of newborn joeys does allow them to climb to their mother’s pouch for safety immediately after birth.

The obverse of the 2018 2 oz Silver Australian Mother & Baby Koala coin includes the right-profile portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. Her Majesty is the longest-reigning monarch in British history, surpassing the 63-year rule of her great-grandmother Queen Victoria I in 2015. This is the fourth-generation design created for the Royal Mint of England in 1998 by Ian Rank-Broadley.

Denomination - 2 Australian dollars

Weight - 62.206 g.
Quality - BU (Brilliant Uncirculated) in a capsula
Diameter - 40.60 mm.
Composition - Silver 999

Circulation - 75'000 pcs.

Country of origin - Australia
Year of release - 2018

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