This beautiful Celebrate Australia release is one of five 2010 $1 coins portraying stunning Australian landscapes and marine environments inscribed on the World Heritage List.
The Tasmanian Wilderness
Inscribed in 1982, the Tasmanian Wilderness, a rugged landscape shaped by glaciers, comprises parks and reserves representing one of the last large temperate wilderness regions in the Southern Hemisphere. The coin’s coloured reverse symbolises a waterfall in a primeval Tasmanian forest. The design includes an Eastern quoll, a marsupial considered to be extinct on mainland Australia.
‘P’ Mintmark
The coin’s reverse also incorporates The Perth Mint’s ‘P’ mintmark.
Australian Legal Tender
Issued as legal tender under the Australian Currency Act 1965, the coin bears the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse.
Eye-Catching Presentation Card
The coin is housed on an eye-catching presentation card which has a fold-out stand for upright display.