Platinum Platypus 1 oz Coin

Struck from 1 ounce of 99.95% pure platinum, the Australian Platypus portrays the aquatic mammal diving beneath the water among the reeds and incorporates The Perth Mint’s traditional ‘P’ mintmark.  Illustrating identical artistry each year, the feature design is bordered by the inscriptions AUSTRALIAN PLATYPUS, the year-date, and the weight and purity of the coin. 

The new coin fills a gap in The Perth Mint’s line up of investment coin, which has existed since the withdrawal of the platinum Australian Koala series in 2000..

Issued as legal tender under the Australian Currency Act 1965, the coin’s obverse features the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

No more than 30,000 coins will be issued in 2011, with all subsequent annual releases subject to the same limited mintage.