2014 $1 Megafauna Thylacoleo 1oz Silver Coloured Proof Coin Gold - 1/10oz Proof Diamantinasaurus matildae

Diamantinasaurus matildae

The release of the second of Australia's next generation of banknotes emphasises the introduction of cutting-edge technology that will keep Australia's banknotes at the forefront of polymer innovation

with a lone kangaroo under the twilight sky

and the congruence of the entrapped noble gases and the mineralogical composition with the data from the Viking lander and the rover Opportunity obtained on the surface of planet Mars

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2014 $1 Megafauna Thylacoleo 1oz Silver Coloured Proof Coin Gold - 1/10oz Proof Diamantinasaurus matildaeThe Thylacoleo is an extinct giant marsupial lion that was part of a range of megafaunal creatures, which inhabited Australia during the Pleistocene period. The coins reverse depicts a Thylacoleo and its young, set against a coloured background. The inscription THYLACOLEO and The Perth Mints P mintmark are also incorporated into the design. The obverse depicts the Ian Rank Broadley effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.