1 Ounce Australian Kangaroo Gold Coin

Get the 1 ounce Australian Kangaroo gold coin directly from Australia's wholesale precious metals marketplaces. Exploiting and taking advantage of the US Dollar's current strength is a great way to use Forex to invest into physical gold bullion.

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Benefit from the wholesale rates of these gold coins as they are sourced directly from the Perth Mint, so no middle-man markup. These Australian bullion markets have the advantage of being both wholesale and institutional in nature, meaning that they have very low premiums and small price spreads.

Australian 1 Ounce Kangaroo Gold Coin Information

The obverse of the coin features the portrait of Ian Rank-Broadley's likeness of Queen Elizabeth II. It carries the inscriptions:

• ELIZABETH II
• AUSTRALIA
• 100 DOLLARS
• Letters 'IRB' at the base of the Queen's neck

The coins' reverse features a kangaroo with a different design for each year. The inscriptions can vary from year to year, however, they typically are:

• AUSTRALIAN KANGAROO or THE AUSTRALIAN NUGGET 
• The letter 'P'for Perth Mint
• The date that the coin was minted
• 1oz 9999 GOLD
• 1990-1993 coins had the genre of the marsupial, e.g. 1993 had NAILTAILED WALLABY
  

The Australian gold Kangaroo coin is minted by the Perth Mint and has a purity of 99.99% (24-karat). The coins are individually encapsulated by hard acrylic plastic by the mint.

The gold 1 ounce Australian Kangaroo coin first proof edition was minted in 1989 and from 1990 and onwards they were minted for circulation. Until 2008 the 1 ounce coins still had 'THE AUSTRALIAN NUGGET' written on them, at which point the inscription was changed to 'THE AUSTRALIAN KANGAROO'.

Each year the kangaroo design changes, so no 2 years looks the same. Between 1994 and 2013 the mintage limit of its 1 ounce Australian Kangaroo coins was 350,000 but for 2014 & 2015 the numbers available for minting were unlimited. About 4 million coins have been minted between 1990 & 2015.

There have been some years where relatively few coins were produced. So if there are any budding collectors wanting to know which is a good year to keep an eye out for, look at the production numbers on Perth Mint’s production list for its minted coins.

1 Ounce Australian Kangaroo Gold Coin Summary Details

The size, dimensions and values of the 1 ounce Kangaroo gold coin are:

Buy the 1oz Australian Kangaroo Gold Coin

Diameter =	32.1 mm (1.264 inches)
Thickness =	2.65 mm (0.104 inch)
Gross Weight =	1 Troy Ounce (31.103 grams)
Legal Tender =	Australia
Face Value =	$100 (Australian)
Fineness (Purity) =	.9999 (99.99%)
IRA Eligible =	Yes

1 Ounce Australian Gold Kangaroo Coin – Contract Specifications

The physical bullion traded on the markets of Allocated Bullion Exchange are governed by the contract specifications shown in the table below. We have a page that explains the various terminology of the contract. Our precious metals catalogue lists all our available products and their respective specification tables.

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