The Gold Kangaroo coin series is the most popular bullion program from the Royal Australian Mint, the nation’s official sovereign minting facility. The Royal Australian Mint Gold Kangaroo coin series is much like other major sovereign bullion releases, featuring a historic coin design on one of its sides. Right now, the 2017 ½ oz Royal Australian Mint Gold Kangaroo Coin is available from JM Bullion.

Coin Highlights:

• Arrives in a VeriScan sealed plastic package.
• Includes a numbered Assay card.
• Contains ½ Troy oz of .9999 pure gold.
• Bears a face value of $50 (AUD) backed by the federal government of Australia.
• Obverse includes Queen Elizabeth II’s portrait.
• Reverse depicts the original Australian copper penny’s design of the kangaroo.

The Royal Australian Mint Gold Kangaroo bullion coin series is the only one in the world to arrive in BU condition with a numbered Assay card included. Working with PAMP Suisse on packaging, the Royal Australian Mint provides Gold Kangaroo coins to investors inside of tamper-evident, secure VeriScan packages that feature a numbered Assay card inside.

Each 2017 ½ oz Royal Australian Mint Gold Kangaroo features an iconic coin design from Australia’s past. Before its move toward decimal-based coins in the 1960s, the kangaroo and commonwealth star appeared on the copper penny for Australia from 1938 to 1964.

The reverse of each Royal Australian Mint Gold Kangaroo coin includes the kangaroo and commonwealth star design, revitalized and reimagined for the modern day with the inclusion of a border of Tasmanian Blue Gum leaves, branches, and flowers.

On the obverse of the 2017 ½ oz Royal Australian Mint Gold Kangaroo you’ll find the image of Queen Elizabeth II. Her Majesty features on the obverse of all Australian coinage, and this fourth-generation depiction of Britain’s longest reigning monarch was created in 1998 by Ian Rank-Broadley.

All 2017 ½ oz Royal Australian Mint Gold Kangaroo Coins available to you today are in BU condition. Coins in this condition exhibit no signs of wear and tear, though you may notice minor flaws ranging from breaks in the luster and spotted surfaces to the existence of contact marks from the coining process.

The Royal Australian Mint is the nation’s official sovereign mint. Opened in Canberra, the federal capital city, in 1965, it is the first mint in Australia not part of the Royal Mint of London system and the only operating mint aside from Western Australia’s Perth Mint.

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