2013 1/2 oz Silver Proof - REGENT BOWERBIRD

2013 1/2 oz Silver Proof Regent Bowerbird - Birds of Australia

Third coin in five-coin Birds of Australia series.

The coin’s reverse portrays a male and female Regent Bowerbird in colour, headed by the inscription REGENT BOWERBIRD. The design also includes The Perth Mint’s ‘P’ mintmark. The Ian Rank-Broadley likeness of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the monetary denomination are shown on the obverse.

The coin is housed in a classic display case with a delicately colored, illustrated shipper and comes with a numbered CoA.

This brand new coin program is inspired by the birds that inhabit the continent of Australia. Because of the nation’s island status, many of these species are unique and breathtakingly beautiful.

Bird enthusiasts will know the male to be a velvety black colour with a gleaming yellow crown, mantle and tipped wing feathers, while the female is olive brown with white markings. An Australian endemic, the Regent Bowerbird is distributed to rainforests and margins of eastern Australia, from central Queensland to New South Wales.

Mintage of only 10,000!