Australian Kangaroo Specs:This gold coin is .9999 pure gold with a two tone frosted design. The 1 Ounce Gold Coin: Introduced in 1986 as a .9999 fine bullion coin. Each year the design is changed, since 1989 with various portraits of kangaroos. The current year Kangaroos that we sell here are in their original protective round plastic cases, as issued by the Mint. Australia's gold Kangaroo Nugget series of bullion coins was launched in 1987 by Gold Corporation, which is wholly owned by the government of Western Australia. From its beginning, this issue of coins had two unique features: a 'two-tone' frosted design effect, and individual hard plastic encapsulation of each coin. For a standard-price bullion coin, these features were unheard of, and served to position the Nugget as a product offering a lot of value for a standard bullion price. At first, these coins pictured on the reverse side a famous Australian gold nugget. |