One of the best-selling silver coins from the Perth Mint is the Australian Wedge Tail Eagle. Designed by American artist John Mercanti, this series offers a number of different designs, though the images in the collection have not been updated in each and every year to date. Right now, you can get the 2017 Australian Wedge Tail Eagle 1 oz Silver Coin online at Provident Metals.

Highlights:

• Arrives with a protective plastic capsule, a tube of 20 coins, or boxes of 100 coins!
• 4^th year of release in the Australian Wedge Tail Eagle 1 oz silver coin!
• Contains 1 Troy oz of .999 pure silver in BU condition.
• Bears a face value of $1 (AUD) fully backed by the Australian government.
• Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse.
• A wedge tail eagle on its perch in the reverse design.

Your 2017 Australian Wedge Tail Eagle 1 oz Silver Coin is available to purchase today in Brilliant Uncirculated condition. The coins are available individually with a protective plastic capsule, while multiples are housed inside of tubes of 20 coins or boxes of 100 coins.

Obverse

Queen Elizabeth II is depicted in right-profile relief on the obverse of the 2017 Australian Wedge Tail Eagle 1 oz Silver Coin. This portrait of the Queen was created in 1998 by Ian Rank-Broadley and featured on Australian coins through 2018/2019. It depicts the Queen wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara, one of the Queens favorite tiaras. This tiara is worn by the Queen in the design of countless denominations in Britain and is the one that was gifted to Mary of Teck upon her marriage to the future King George V, the grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II.

Reverse

A wedge tail eagle is featured in the reverse design of the 2017 Australian Wedge Tail Eagle 1 oz Silver Coin. This image captures the powerful wedge-tail eagle on its perch, head turned as it keeps an eye out for dangers and its wings resting at its side. The bird sits on the broken branch of a tree. Inscriptions on this face include the name of the coin series, the date mark, the weight, purity, and metal content of the coin. There is also a P mint mark on this face of the coin.

History

The Perth mints Australian Wedge Tail Eagle Silver Coins marks a combination of works between the Perth Mint of Western Australia and John Mercanti, the former Chief Engraver of the United States Mint.

Ordering

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