Happy Birthday! – 1 Oz, .9999 silver coin, Australia 2021

Country: Cook Islands
Year: 2015
Face Value: 5 Dollars
Metal: Silver
Fineness (purity): 925/1000
Weight: 25g
Diameter: 38.61 mm
Quality: Proof
Mintage: 2.000 psc

Second coin in series, the Shades of Nature Butterfly: the laser technology creates intricate details and matt finish on coin surface. The coin is a superb example of micro minting. The butterfly, with all its details, seems to be real!

The coin reverse depicts a dual-color image of a high detailed butterfly. The silver coin is created in laser micro minting technology. Laser technology has become an indispensable tool in numerous branches of industry and is ideally suited to create intricate detail and matt finish on metal surfaces. We strikingly demonstrate the possibilities of laser surface refinement on our newest release – the Shades of Nature Butterfly. The coin obverse depicts the effigy of Her Majesty Elizabeth II.

The Butterfly
The Blue Nawab or Polyura schreiber is a butterfly which is mainly found in Singapore but also in other tropical areas in Asia. The colourful insect stands out with its eye catching pattern and a wingspan of up to 115 mm.
The green caterpillars are particularly remarkable. They weave a silk resting place on a few leaves of the plant they inhabit. This is where they rest during the day, in order to recover from their nightly feasting tours.

Country – Tuvalu
Year – 2023
Face Value – 4 x 1$ TVD
Metal – Silver .9999
Weight – 4 x 1 oz
Size – 54,2 x 33,5 mm
Quality – Proof
Mintage – 1500 sets

The ancient lunar zodiac comprises 12 animal signs, each said to bestow desirable characteristics on those born under its influence. According to tradition, rabbit people born in 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011 and 2023 will likely be blessed with intelligence, creativity, compassion and vigilance.
The coloured artistry of each contemporary coin seamlessly blends to create a harmonious and pleasing panorama featuring rabbits in a countryside setting. The top coin depicts two rabbits bounding under cherry blossom; the right-hand coin depicts an upright rabbit among cabbages and sunflowers; the bottom coin depicts a doe and two kittens near their burrow with daisies and a cabbage; the left-hand coin depicts a rabbit crouching among nasturtiums and daisies. Included on each of the four coins is The Perth Mint’s ‘P’ mintmark.