Published at 29th Sep 2015
Modified at 7th Jan 2024
Australian Nugget Gold Coin
Australian Nugget Gold Coin was first presented in the world since 1986. The Australian Nugget is a gold coin produced by the Perth Mint corporation in Western Australia. The original coins illustrated into two different natures of design and something unusual for bullion coins. Perth Mint Gold coins
Australian Nuggets are produced at the Perth Mint and ponders from 1/20 oz, 1/10 oz, 1/4 oz, 1/2 oz, 1 oz, 2 oz, 10 oz, to 1 kg of 24 carat gold. The gold utilized in the Australian Nugget, which composed of (.9999) limpidness for coin collectors and investors. Coins minted by the Perth Mint coins like the Australian Nugget is considered one of the leading and finest gold bullion coins ever produced on earth.
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The Australian Gold Nugget coins were initially introduced with a repeal design that illustrated a range of gold nuggets by most prospectors in Australia and this design provided the unique coin by its name. In the year 1989, the reverse design of the gold Nugget was modified to replicate the most acknowledge emblem of Australia, the Kangaroo. Meanwhile, the obverse of such coin illustrated Queen Elizabeth II.
Moreover, the first three biggest coins are: the 2 oz, 10 oz and 1 kg Australian Nuggets that have the face values varying from $200 to $10,000 which, depends the year of producing. The values of such coins were initially set from $500, $2,500 and $10,000 in the year 1991 production. In fact, these values were subordinated from $200; $1,000 and $3,000 correspondingly in 1992 in order that the values were become closer to the worth of 1 oz coin.
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