Christmas Coins: Santa Claus is Coming to Town – 5 Dollars .925 silver coin Kiribati 2012 (Proof)

Year 2023
Metal Silver
Silver Content (Troy oz) 1.000
Monetary Denomination (AUD) 1.00
Fineness (% purity) 99.99
Minimum Gross Weight (g) 31.107
Maximum Diameter (mm) 32.60
Maximum Thickness (mm) 6.10
Maximum Mintage 5,000
Finish Proof, High Relief, Coloured
Legal Tender Australia
Effigy Jody Clark design of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II
Designer Ing Ing Jong

The Perth Mint’s signature coin series portrays annual designs of our most emblematic animal. Tens of millions of these fascinating marsupials known for their pouches and bounding motion live and breed in vast swathes of Australian desert, forest, and bushland habitats.

Memorial Obverse
This coin portrays the official Queen Elizabeth II Memorial Obverse, featuring the Jody Clark effigy supplemented with the dates of Her Majesty’s reign – ‘1952 – 2022’.

Denomination (AUD) – 2
Fineness (% purity) – 99.99
Weight (g) – 62.213
Diameter (mm) – 50.80
Thickness (mm) – 4.80
Mintage – 3000

On 20 April 2023, residents and visitors from all over the world will gather in Exmouth, Western Australia to experience a total solar eclipse. The only town within the line of ‘totality’, the popular tourist destination and nearby Ningaloo Reef will be plunged into eerie darkness for over a minute as the silhouette of the Moon obscures the Sun .The obverse portrays The Queen Elizabeth II Memorial Obverse, featuring the Jody Clark effigy supplemented with the dates of her reign, as well as the coin’s weight, purity, monetary denomination and 2023 year-date.