When you buy silver online, you are bound to come across the annual-release coins of the Perth Mint. Famed for its animal-themed designs, the Australian Silver Koala was introduced in 2007 and quickly rose to become one of the best sellers at the mint. Unlike other annual-issue coins, the 1 oz version of the Koala has very low mintage figures for a bullion strike. Today, 2018 1 oz Australian Silver Koala Coins are available to you online from JM Bullion.

Coin Highlights:

• Arrives housed in a protective plastic slab courtesy of the NGC!
• 12^th year of issue in the Australian Silver Koala series at Perth Mint!
• 1^st time the Silver Koala has featured .9999 pure silver!
• Limited availability of certified coins in the 300,000 coin mintage!
• Contains 1 Troy oz of .9999 pure silver.
• Face value of $1 (AUD) is fully backed by Australia’s government.
• Graded Mint State 70 by the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation.
• Queen Elizabeth II graces the coin’s obverse.
• A new koala design features on the coin’s reverse.

The Australian Silver Koala was the second major silver bullion coin series offered by Perth Mint in the modern era. The collection of silver bullion coins debuted in 1990 with the Australian Silver Kookaburra, setting the stage for new coins each year with different designs on the reverse face.

Since that time, the Perth Mint has added these Australian Silver Koala coins (2007), as well as the more recent Australian Silver Wedge Tailed Eagle (2014) and the Australian Silver Kangaroo (2016). The last of these was one that set the stage for changes in Perth’s annual issues, with the Kangaroo delivering .9999 pure silver for the first time in Perth Mint silver bullion.

As a result, the 2018 1 oz Australian Silver Koala Coin not only features a new design on the reverse again but also brings .9999 pure silver content to the Koala Series for the first time in its 11-year history.

All 2018 1 oz Australian Silver Koala Coins here are Mint State 70 specimens according to the NGC. These coins feature full, original mint luster and lack all detracting flaws.

The obverse of Australian Silver Koala coins features the effigy of Queen Elizabeth II. Her Majesty is found here in right-profile relief in a design created in 1998 by Ian Rank-Broadley. On the reverse of the 2018 1 oz Australian Silver Koala is a new design of the marsupial that depicts the creature as it sits on the branch of a eucalyptus tree.

Please feel free to reach out to JM Bullion with your questions. You can call our customer service team at 800-276-6508, chat with us live online, or email us directly.