This beautiful Celebrate Australia release is one of five 2012 $1 coins portraying stunning Australian landscapes and marine environments inscribed on the World Heritage List.
Fraser Island Reverse
Struck from aluminium bronze, the coin’s coloured reverse design represents Fraser Island’s sandy shoreline. The design includes the Australian Dingo, one of several species of wildlife native to the island.
‘P’ Mintmark
The coin’s reverse design 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.
Five-Coin Collection
All coins in the five-coin collection are housed in a great folder to help display and protect your coins. Other Australian Heritage Sites included in the collection are the Lord Howe Island Group, Kakadu National Park, Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park and the Wallandra Lakes Region.
Fraser Island was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1992 and is located along the southern coast of Queensland, Australia. The island has rain forests, eucalyptus woodlands, mangrove forests, wallum swamps, sand dunes and coastal heaths. Unlike many sand dunes, plant life is abundant due to the naturally occurring fungi present in the sand, which release nutrients in a form that can be absorbed by the plants.
The island is 120 kilometres in length, by 24 kilometres wide but boasts a diverse range of mammals, as well as a range of birds, reptiles and amphibians, including the occasional Saltwater Crocodile. The island became known as Fraser Island due to the stories of a shipwreck survivor named Eliza Fraser. Today, the island is a popular tourism destination with a thriving resident human population.
Other Australian Heritage Sites included in this series are the Lord Howe Island Group, Kakadu National Park, Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park and the Wallandra Lakes Region.