The popular Australian Cub Series of 2016 from the Perth Mint rolls on with the release of the White Lion coin. The 4th coin in this adorable series features the image of two cubs, which maintains the design theme featured across the entire series to date. Today, the 2016 ½ oz Australian Cub Series White Lion Proof Silver Coin is available to purchase from JM Bullion.
Coin Highlights:
- Ships in Cub Series themed packaging with a box and a numbered Certificate of Authenticity.
- Maximum mintage set at just 5,000 coins for global distribution.
- 4th release in the Australian Cub Series!
- Contains ½ Troy oz of .999 pure silver.
- Face value of $.50 (AUD) is fully backed by Tuvalu’s government.
- Reverse features the colorized design of two White Lion cubs.
- Obverse bears the portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Unique among an already dwindling population of big cats, the white lion is found exclusively in the Timbavati region of South Africa. Although the white lion has a white, sometimes blonde color, to its coat, the species is the same as the tawny African lion.
White coloration in big cats is a recessive gene carried by both parents, and it is possible for a female to give birth to both white lion cubs and tawny colored cubs in the same litter of new cats. This fourth release continues the Perth Mint’s look at some of the most adorable big cat species in the world through the lens of young cubs at play.
On the reverse side of the 2016 ½ oz Australian Cub Series White Lion Proof Silver Coin you’ll find the image of two white lion cubs playing with one another on the savanna, with one on its back as the other paws at its face. This colorized image includes background designs of the local area, a common theme of all Australian Cub Series coins.
The obverse of the coins features Queen Elizabeth II’s right-profile portrait. Featured on all Australian, Tuvalu, and Niue coinage, Her Majesty’s portrait on these coins is the fourth-generation image created in 1998 by Ian Rank-Broadley.
Each 2016 ½ oz Australian Cub Series White Lion Proof Silver Coin ships to you in a black presentation case courtesy of the Perth Mint, along with an Australian Cubs “White Lion Cub” themed shipper.
Perth Mint is a former Royal Mint system facility in Australia. Opened in 1899 and the only one of three Royal Mint facilities still open, the Perth Mint is the nation’s oldest operating mint. Owned by the government of Western Australia, it operates independently of the Royal Australian Mint.
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