The first .9999 pure silver coin available from the Perth Mint was the Australian Silver Kangaroo. Though an Australian Kangaroo bullion coin was available from the Perth Mint dating back to 1990, the silver version of the coin was not available until 2015 when the first-ever 2016-dated Silver Kangaroo debuted with .9999 pure silver content. 

Coin Highlights:

• Coins arrive inside of protective plastic flips, acrylic tubes of 25 coins, or mini-Monster Boxes of 250 coins!
• 5^th release of the Australian Silver Kangaroo bullion coins!
• Contains 1 Troy oz of .9999 pure silver in BU condition.
• Issued a face value of $1 (AUD) by Australia.
• On the obverse side is the sixth-generation effigy of Queen Elizabeth II.
• The reverse includes the famous image of the kangaroo from the Australian copper penny coinage.

All silver bullion coinage offered by the Perth Mint on a regular basis dating back to the 1990 release of the Australian Silver Kookaburra featured .999 pure silver content. It wasnt until the 2016 introduction of these Australian Silver Kangaroo coins that the Perth Mint had a .9999 pure silver coin in regular distribution.

The design on the Australian Silver Kangaroo Coins is inspired by the copper penny coins that debuted back in 1938. These coins featured a leaping kangaroo in left-profile relief with the commonwealth star of Australia. The specific design featured on these coins is inspired by Stuart Devlins red kangaroo coin design.

On the reverse of 2020 1 oz Australian Silver Kangaroo Coins is the image of a kangaroo leaping from right to left across the design field of the coins. The background field is filled by radial sunburst lines. Each coin has .9999 pure silver content and an engraving of Australian Kangaroo on the top rocker.

The obverse of 2020 Australian Silver Kangaroo Coins features the impressive sixth-generation effigy of Queen Elizabeth II. This image was created by Jody Clark and is based on the 2015 design for the Royal Mint of England. Unlike that design, this portrait of Her Majesty includes the Queens shoulders and neckline in an Australian coin portrait for the first time since 1966.

Australian Silver Kangaroo coins have sold some 26 million units since being introduced in 2016. The intense demand for these coins depleted the 2019 stock so quickly that 2020 date marked coins were moved up early in the release schedule.

Buy Vienna Philharmonic Gold Coins if you want modern gold bullion coins with both exceptional beauty and a robust worldwide demand. Produced by the Austrian Mint, the official minting authority of the Austrian Republic, the Gold Philharmonic Coin is named and designed after the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, one of the world’s finest musical ensembles.

Originally denominated in schillings, the Vienna Philharmonic is now the only gold bullion coin with a face value denominated in legal tender euros (with are the second most widely reserved fiat currency denomination in the world).

Gold Philharmonic Coins are the most popular modern European gold bullion coin available today.

The exquisite Austrian 1 oz Silver Vienna Philharmonic Coin celebrates one of Austria’s most cherished cultural assets — the Wiener Philharmoniker or Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, a classical ensemble that is widely regarded as one of the best orchestras in the world.

Silver Philharmonic Coins are struck in .999 fine silver bullion with exceptional attention to detail. This 1 oz Silver Philharmonic Coin is among the world’s most popular, with over 40 million Silver Philharmonics sold over a recent three year time span alone.

The Silver Philharmonic Coin’s design pays homage to Austria’s rich history of musical excellence and its invaluable contributions to the Western classical corpus. The reverse surface depicts a harmonious assortment of musical instruments, including a string bass, cellos, violins, a bassoon, a harp and a Viennese horn. In addition to the silver coin's Euro face value, silver bullion fineness and year of issue, this silver coin's obverse bears an image of the great organ of the Musikverein concert hall, the home of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.