This highly collectable Australian $1 coin marking the International Polar Year 2007-2008 will not be issued for circulation – so you’ll never come across it in your change.

Uncirculated Quality Aluminium Bronze

Struck by the Royal Australian Mint from aluminium bronze, the coin is issued in uncirculated quality.

Celebrates Australia’s Antarctic Links

Celebrating Australia’s historic links to Antarctica, its reverse design depicts a sailing ship superimposed on a map of the icy continent and the Australian Antarctic Territory, home to a number of famous research bases, including Mawson, Davis and Casey Stations.

Australian Legal Tender

The Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II appears on the legal tender coin’s obverse.

Informative Colour Pack

The coin is housed in an informative coloured card.