2013 $1 Kangaroo 1oz Silver Frunc

Strictly limited to a mintage of 20,000, and struck to impeccable Brilliant Uncirculated quality from a troy ounce of .999 fine silver, the new 2013 $1 Silver Kangaroo BU heralds a new direction for this ever-popular program. Tapping into Australia’s rich colonial history, this important new release carries a superb recreation of an early artistic appreciation of the kangaroo – an animal that would have seemed utterly bizarre to Europeans in the late 18th century.

Recreating one of the first non-indigenous depictions of a kangaroo, the design of Australia’s 2013 Silver Kangaroos was based on an illustration completed in 1773 by George Stubbs, who had been commissioned to paint the portrait of a kangaroo brought back to England by Sir Joseph Banks after the Endeavour’s first Pacific voyage. Capturing a fascinating piece Australian colonial history, this striking motif is beautifully accommodated by the imposing 40mm diameter flan.

One of the most innovative issues in the long-running 1993-2012 Silver Kangaroo Series, this one-year-only Brilliant Uncirculated type is presented within an official Royal Australian Mint pack.