1823) The Milky Way Galaxy, Australia: "The Earth and Beyond Coin Series": The Royal Australian Mint (RAM) has issued Dome-shaped Gold $100 (One Hundred Dollars - AUD) and Silver $5 (Five Dollars - AUD) Bullion Coins: Year of issue: 2021:
These elegant Gold Proof $100 (One Hundred Dollars - AUD) and Silver Proof Coins showcase the majesty of our galaxy - the Milky Way.
Featuring a unique Dome Shape and Cosmic Colour print with limited mintage, these coins are as rare as a meteor shower or blue moon, and are a follow-up to the Royal Australian Mint's (RAMs) the "Earth and Beyond Coin Series".
NASA estimates the Milky Way is home to about 100 billion stars and that it takes 250 million years for the sun to go all the way around the middle of the galaxy.
The Silver $5 (Five Dollars - AUD) Proof Coin shown along with the Inner Presentation Case/Box, Outer Cover and Certificate of Authenticity (COA)
The "Milky Way Galaxy":
The study of astronomy is one of the oldest natural sciences, from the Greek word ἀστρονομία (“astronomia“), which literally means the science that studies the laws of the stars.
Early civilisations in recorded history have made their contribution to the natural science that studies celestial objects and phenomena from the Indians, Babylonians, Greeks, Egyptians, Maya, and ancient indigenous peoples of the Americas.
All have made methodical observations of the night sky and have offered insight into our home galaxy we have come to know as the Milky Way.
Its name "The Milky Way" is derived from the Ancient Greek Myth about the goddess Hera who sprayed milk across the sky, thus the vast spans of stars. The ancient Greeks associated the milky band of light that we see when we look into the clear night sky with Heracles, who as a baby sucked on the goddess Hera’s breast so hard that she withdrew it from his mouth, spilling her milk over the sky.
Containing at least 100 billion stars, the observable universe itself contains at least 100 billion galaxies.
Though astronomers had long suspected the Milky Way was made up of stars, it was in 1610 when Italian Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) turned his rudimentary telescope towards the heavens and found that the bands across the sky were made up of individual stars.
Astronomers thereafter realised there were many, many more stars in the sky and all of the stars we could obverse are a part of the Milky Way.
By that time, Polish mathematician and astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543) had already discredited the long-held belief that the Earth, rather than the Sun, was the centre of the universe.
Galileo was able to show that the Sun was just one of a multitude of stars in the Milky Way.
The Western view was shaken again in 1920 when Edwin Hubble showed that the Milky Way is just one among many galaxies.
Although this made the earth seem increasingly insignificant, the smaller the planet felt, the greater our knowledge of outer space became and the more astronomers began to understand our physical place in the cosmos.
On the Obverse of the 2021 $100 (Gold) and $5 (Silver) Coins, Queen Elizabeth II features in the centre surrounded by the planets of our Solar System.
The Dome Shaped coins - reflect the denominations "100 Dollars" (Gold Coin) and Five Dollars" (Silver Coin).
The specifications of the Gold and Silver Bullion Coin Variants:
i) The specifications of the Gold Bullion Coin are:
Country of issue: Australia; Year: 2021; Denomination/Face Value: $100 (One Hundred Dollars - AUD); Metal Composition: .9999 Fineness Gold (Au); Weight: 1.0 Oz or 31.104 grams; Diameter/Size: 38.51 mm; Coin Quality: Proof; Mintage: 750 pieces; Presentation Box/Case: Yes; Certificate of Authenticity (COA): Yes.
ii) The specifications of the Silver Bullion Coin are:
Country of issue: Australia; Year: 2021; Denomination/Face Value: $1 (One Dollar - AUD); Metal Composition: .9999 Fineness Gold (Au); Weight: 1.0 Oz or 31.104 grams; Diameter/Size: 40.0 mm; Coin Quality: Proof; Mintage: 6,000 pieces; Presentation Box/Case: Yes; Certificate of Authenticity (COA): Yes.
Links to interesting posts from the South Pacific Island of Fiji:
Links to posts on Australia, New Zealand and Countries and Overseas Territories of the South Pacific etc on this Blog:
Links to interesting Posts on coins from Tuvalu Islands:
1)Famous Pirates of the Caribbean :2) Edward Teach or "BlackBeard"
2)Famous Pirates of the Caribbean: 3)Bartholomew Roberts or Black Bart Roberts
3)Famous Pirates of the Caribbean:4)Jack Rackham
4)Famous-pirates-of- the Caribbean : 5) Henry Avery
5)Famous Pirates of the Caribbean : 6) Sir Henry Morgan
6)Norse Goddess Freya - a Silver 2 Dollars High Relief antiquated Coin , the first in the Series titled "Norse Goddesses" (2017)
Link to Posts from Tokelau:
2) 150th Anniversary of "The Great Tea Race - 1866": Commemorative Coins in the denomination of 10 and 2 Dollars issued by Cook Islands in 2016
3) The Mystical Ancient Egyptian Labyrinth depicted on $10 Silver coins issued by Cook islands in 2016, under its "Milestones of Mankind Series".
4) King Arthur: The first coin in the six coins "Camelot Series".
5) Quilling Art: Silver 2 Dollars coins issued - Flowers (2016) & Bird (2017)
5) "Tree of Life", Palau: First Coin in a new Coin Series titled "Dot Art" features "Pointillism", an Art Technique of the 1800s: A Silver Black Proof $20 Coin minted with Smartminting Technology, coordinated by Numiscollect: Date of Coin issue: 05/2020
6) "Great White Shark", Republic of Palau: A $5 (5 Dollars) Silver Proof Coin issued by Coin Invest Trust (CIT), minted by B.H. Mayer's Kunstprageanstalt GmbH on behalf of Palau: Year of Coin issue: 2020 (with Year of issue inscribed as 2021)
Links to Posts on coin issues from Niue Islands:
Links to posts on Coin issues from Solomon Islands:
2) 150th Anniversary of "The Great Tea Race - 1866": Commemorative Coins in the denomination of 10 and 2 Dollars issued by Cook Islands in 2016
3) The Mystical Ancient Egyptian Labyrinth depicted on $10 Silver coins issued by Cook islands in 2016, under its "Milestones of Mankind Series".
4) King Arthur: The first coin in the six coins "Camelot Series".
5) Quilling Art: Silver 2 Dollars coins issued - Flowers (2016) & Bird (2017)
24) Arowana Dragon Fish, Republic of Palau: A Silver $10 (Dollars) Coin brought out by Coin Invest Trust (CIT) for the Republic of Palau, minted by B.H. Mayer's Kunstprageanstalt, Munich: Issue year: 2019
30) "Blue Skies and Tail Winds", Cook Islands: A 10 Dollars Silver Black Proof Coin coordinated by the Coin Invest Trust (CIT) and minted by B.H. Mayer's Kunstprageanstalt at their facitity in Munich, Germany: Year: 2020
31) The "Maneki Neko Cat" ot the "Fortune Cat" : A $1 Gold Coin issued by the Republic of Palau: Minted by B.H. Mayer's Kunstprageanstalt, Munich for Coin Invest Trust in 2018
32) "Great White Shark", Republic of Palau: A $5 (5 Dollars) Silver Proof Coin issued by Coin Invest Trust (CIT), minted by B.H. Mayer's Kunstprageanstalt GmbH on behalf of Palau: Year of Coin issue: 2020 (with Year of issue inscribed as 2021)
2) "Aconcagua", Argentina: 25 Dollars High Relief Silver Coin - The Third Coin in the "7-Summits Coin Series" issued by the Cook Islands in co-ordination with Coin Invest Trust (CIT) and minted by B.H. Mayer's Kunstprageanstalt GmbH issued in November 2018
3) Mount Kilimanjaro: 25 Dollar Silver High Relief Coin: The fourth coin in the 7-Summits Coin Series issued by the Cook Islands in co-ordination with Coin Invest Trust (CIT) and minted by B.H. Mayer's Kunstprageanstalt GmbH issued in 08/2019
Links:
1) Caves of Slovak Karst in Slovakia: A World Natural Heritage UNESCO Site: A Gold Coin of 100 Euros issued under the "World Natural Heritage" Series by the National Bank of Slovakia, minted by the Kremnica Mint on 15.11.2017
2) Slovak National Theatre, Slovakia: Centenary Celebrations (1920-2020): A 10 Euro Silver Coin issued by the National Bank of Slovenia, minted by the Kremnica Mint: Year of issue: 2020
7) Michelangelo's "Pieta", Vatican City: New Copper Coin Series titled "Art and Faithy": A 10 Euro Copper Coin minted by the "Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca Dello Stato" (IPZS) on behalf of the "Ufficio Filatelico e Numismatico Governatorato della Cotta del Vaticano": Coin issue date: 05.03.2020
8) Ancient Postal Routes, Vatican City State: EUROPA 2020 Theme: Two stamps of 1.10 Euro and 1.15 Euro issued by the Ufficio filatelico e Numismatico -Governatorato, Vaticano featuring Ancient Postal Routes emanating from the Vatican City State during the 6th & 11th Centuries AD
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