2018 Australia 1 Dollar 1-oz Silver Emu NGC MS70 1 of First 600 Struck

Australia’s Flightless Bird “Soars” in New Silver Coin Series

Take a trip Down Under and you’re all but certain to make seeing Australian wildlife a priority. Exotic animals like kangaroos, crocodiles, koala bears and, at least among coin collectors, kookaburras are sure to get most of the attention. But there’s another animal that is unique to Australia that cannot be ignored. It’s the emu, the second tallest bird in the world. For many tourists, the sight of the flightless bird sprinting at speeds of up to 31 miles per hour is a surprising treat.

An even nicer surprise for coin collectors is seeing the emu not racing across the outback, but across the face of a new series of silver bullion coins released by Australia’s world-renowned Perth Mint. This 2018 Australia One-Ounce Silver Australian Emu coin shows the animal trotting across the Outback.  As the world’s only bird with calf muscles, emus can outdistance predators with strides as long as 9 feet when running at top speed. The best surprise of all is that this beautiful coin is also the very first issue in Australia’s new silver bullion series of Emu coins!

What makes this coin even more impressive it that it has been graded by the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) to be in perfect Mint State-70 (MS70) condition. Furthermore, NGC has certified that these Silver Emus are First Struck (FS) coins, meaning they are among the very first coins struck in the entire mintage!

The Silver Emu Series is the newest member of the Perth Mint’s annual bullion issues joining the silver Kookaburra and Koala series. While the Kookaburra and Koala are extremely popular among collectors, there is one thing that the two series do not offer: scarcity. Mintages typically run into the hundreds of thousands, which means that collectors who want the coins, even issues from past years, can typically find them. By contrast, the 2018 Silver Australian Emu coin has a mintage of just 30,000 pieces, a tiny fraction of the other coin series, and collectors who want one may soon find themselves struggling to get one.

Don’t be among those collectors who miss out on this first-ever bullion issue.  Order your 2018 One-Ounce Silver Australian Emu coin from GovMint.com today!

• THE FIRST EMU BULLION COIN – This 2018 One-Ounce Silver Australian Emu coin marks the first time that the Perth Mint has released a bullion coin with the iconic bird’s image.

• STRUCK IN PURE SILVER – Each 2018 Silver Australian Emu was struck in one ounce of 99.99% silver at the Perth Mint. The Perth Mint is among the world’s most renowned mints, and its silver, gold and platinum bullion and collectible coins are prized by collectors throughout the world.

• AUSTRALIA LEGAL TENDER – This coin is $1 legal tender in Australia, as noted along the rim of the obverse under Ian Rank-Broadley’s portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.

• CERTIFIED FLAWLESS CONDITION – Your 2018 One-Ounce Silver Australian Emu coin has been graded by the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) to be in Mint State-70 (MS70) condition, a distinction that means your perfectly-graded coin will have ZERO imperfections – showing all features and fields exactly as the engraver and mint intended!

• CERTIFIED FIRST STUCK COINS – The 2018 One-Ounce Silver Australian Emu coins we have available in this offer have been certified by NGC to be First Strikes (FS), which means that your coin was among the first struck by the mint and was verified within the first 30 days of issue.

• A LIMITED MINTAGE – Although the 2018 Silver Australian Emu is technically a bullion coin, its low mintage of 30,000 pieces means that it will soon prove elusive for many collectors.

The Emu is noted for its seemingly erratic way of running in all directions. Thankfully you don’t have to race back and forth to secure one of these coins because we’ve already sourced them for you. Add one to your cart today!