The latest silver coin to join the Perth Mint’s range of wildlife-themed bullion products is the Silver Emu. Introduced in 2018, the Silver Emu collection offers a new reverse design each year and the 2019 release has its own proof version available to collectors. The 2019 1 oz Proof Australian Silver Emu Coin is now available to you for purchase online from JM Bullion.

Coin Highlights:

• Coin arrives inside of a Perth Mint presentation box with a Certificate of Authenticity and themed shipper!
• 2^nd issue of the Australian Silver Emu!
• Limited mintage of only 3,000 coins!
• Contains 1 Troy oz of .9999 pure silver.
• Issued a face value of $1 (AUD) by Australia.
• On the obverse is Queen Elizabeth II’s portrait.
• The reverse includes a new emu design with two creatures in the imagery.
• Design created by Natasha Muhl.

The Australian Silver Emu coin series debuted in 2018 and follows the same standards of production found in the Silver Kookaburra, Silver Koala, Silver Kangaroo, and many other Perth Mint Australian silver coins. Each one has .9999 pure silver content and offers up a distinctive design element with each changing year. The proof versions of the coin come in much lower mintages to enhance collectability.

Emus are the second-largest bird of their kind in the world behind only their cousin, the ostrich. The range of emus in Australia covers the entirety of the mainland and used to include Tasmania, Kangaroo Island, and King Island.

On the reverse side of 2019 1 oz Proof Australian Silver Emu Coins is a depiction of two emus standing near a dry creek bed in the Outback. The birds are unique in that the female of the species lays the eggs, but it is the male that sits with the eggs to provide incubation. Eggs typically hatch after eight weeks and it is the male who provides nurturing for the young as they grow up.

The obverse side of 2019 Proof Australian Silver Emu Coins includes an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II. This is the latest effigy of Her Majesty for Australian coins, the sixth in total, and was designed based on Jody Clark’s fifth-generation image for the Royal Mint of England. It includes the Queen’s neckline and shoulders in the portrait, something not found on Australian coins since 1966.

These 2019 1 oz Proof Australian Silver Emu Coins are available to you inside of a Perth Mint clamshell for presentation and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. The clamshell arrives with a themed shipper that includes full-color artwork depicting the emu.

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