2019 $5 1-oz Silver Australia Echoes of Australian Fauna Night Parrot Nickel-Plated Proof NGC PF70UC First Releases

Australia’s Vanished Fauna Comes to Life on Echoes of Australian Fauna Series

The discovery of a dead bird isn’t usually a cause for celebration, but it was in 1990 when the tiny body of an Australian Night Parrot was found. With no confirmed sightings of this elusive bird from 1912 to 1979, most ornithologists believed this little parakeet to be extinct. Bits and pieces of evidence that the bird still lived have once again surfaced in recent years and today it is believed the bird’s total population numbers somewhere between 50 and 250. Thanks to a new coin from the Royal Australian Mint, the Night Parrot can be discovered again as the third and final coin in the Echoes of Australia series!

Struck in a full ounce of highly pure 99.9% fine silver, the coin features the little bird at the back of its tunneled nest of twigs. This colorful parrot exists in the wastelands of coastal southern Australia and western Tasmania and takes to the air only when startled or in search of water. A nocturnal creature, it has also been nicknamed the “Midnight Cockatoo” by locals for the sounds it makes during the evening that have been described as a croak. With green and gold feathers that blend with its surroundings, the Night Parrot has adapted to life in the Australian Outback and remains one of the world’s most aloof and mysterious birds.

This legal-tender $5 coin paints a haunting picture of this unique creature with a theme that includes the addition of black nickel plating over the entire coin and selective gold plating over the Night Parrot design. Plus, the coins available in this offer are so pristine that they have been graded by the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) as being in flawless proof-70 Ultra Cameo (PG70UC) condition, a distinction that means your perfectly-graded proof will have ZERO imperfections – showing all features and fields exactly as the engraver and mint intended. In addition, NGC has certified your 2019 Australia Echoes of Australian Fauna Night Parrot One-Ounce Proof to be a First Releases (FR) coin, a designation that means it was received by NGC or an NGC-approved depository within the first 30 days of the its release.

Don’t wait long to add this exotic creature to your covey of coins because the Royal Australian Mint has set the maximum worldwide release at just 5,000. Click one to your cart today!

• THIRD COIN IN ECHOES OF AUSTRALIAN FAUNA SERIES – This coin is the third release in Australia’s Echoes of Australian Fauna series. It depicts a elusive Night Parrot in a nest of twigs on the reverse while the obverse features Ian Rank-Broadley’s effigy of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

• STRUCK IN HIGHLY-PURE SILVER – Each 2019 Australia Echoes of Australian Fauna Night Parrot Proof was struck in one ounce of highly-pure 99.9% fine silver.

• SELECTIVELY PLATED IN NICKEL AND GOLD – Each coin is also plated in black nickel while the tiger on the reverse is also selectively plated in gold.

• AUSTRALIAN LEGAL TENDER – These 2019 Australia Echoes of Australian Fauna Night Parrot coins are $5 legal tender in Australia.

• GORADED IN PERFECT PROOF CONDITION – Your 2019 Australia Echoes of Australian Fauna Night Parrot One-Ounce Proof has been graded by the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) as being in flawless proof-70 Ultra Cameo (PG70UC) condition, a distinction that means your perfectly-graded proof will have ZERO imperfections – showing all features and fields exactly as the engraver and mint intended.

• KEY FIRST RELEASES CERTIFICATION – NGC has certified your proof to be a First Releases (FR) coin, a designation that means your coin was received by NGC or an NGC-approved depository within the first 30 days of the its release.

• LOW LIMITED EDITION – The Royal Australian Mint has set the maximum mintage for this coin at just 5,000.

The 2019 Night Parrot One-Ounce Silver Proof is sure to attract the attention of collectors around the world. Add one of these fantastic coins to your collection now before our supply becomes extinct!