Tuesday, 4 May 2021

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:

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.

The Reverse of the 2021 $100 (Gold) and $5 (Silver) 1oz Coin features a coloured image of the Moon's surface. 

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: 

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16) Southern Lights: A $1 Silver holographic coin issued by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand in January 2017


The Earth and Beyond Coin Series:























Dreaming Down Under Coin Series:


Australian Coat of Arms Gold & Silver Bullion Coin Series:


"Australian Shipwrecks" Coin Series:





Star Dreaming Coin Series:





Links to interesting Posts on coins from Tuvalu Islands:







Link to Posts from Tokelau:


Other interesting links to posts from Cook Islands minted by Coin Invest Trust:





Links to posts on issues from the Republic of Palau:


Links to Posts on coin issues from Niue Islands:

















The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Coin Series:


The Tarot Card Collection:



The Witcher Coin Series, Niue Islands:


Links to posts on Coin issues from Solomon Islands:




Other links to interesting posts on Coins brought out by Coin Invest Trust on behalf of other countries:








The 7-Summits Silver Coin Series:

Links on Batman and Superman Posts on this Blog:


Other links to some interesting posts on Coins brought out by Coin Invest Trust on behalf of other countries including the Australian Continent:













The 7-Summits Silver Coin Series:

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

3) Stefan Banic (1870-1941), Slovakia: 150th Birth Anniversary of the slovak inventor of the Parachute: A 10 Euro Silver Coin in Proof (P) and Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) variants issued by the Kremnica Mint on behalf of Slovakia: Year of Coin issue: 2020

4) Josef Maximilian Petzval (06.01.1807-19.09.1891), Slovakia: A Brilliant Uncirculated Medal issued on the inventor, minted by the Mint of Slovakia, Kremnica: Year of Medal issue: 2020



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