2000  Olympics Silver $5 Platypus, Ferns & Marsh plants


Obverse:Queen Elizabeth II - Design by Ian Rank-Broadley.
Legend: ELIZABETH. II. AUSTRALIA 2000 5 DOLLARS
Reverse:Platypus, Ferns & Marsh plants - Design by Stuart Devlin
Legend: Sydney 2000
Edge:Plain - with edge lettering.
Legend: GAMES OF THE XXVII OLYMPIAD
Weight:31.635 grams.
Size:40.50 mm (diameter).
Composition:.925 Silver
Mintage:100,000 - Canberra
Mintmarks:C on reverse.

Valuation :
2000 Olympics Silver $5 - Platypus, Ferns & Marsh plants

Proof
2002

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Notes:

Issued in February, 2000, this coin is the twelfth in a 16 Coin Sydney 2000 Silver Proof Collection produced jointly by the Royal Australian Mint in Canberra and the Perth Mint.

10,000 of the coins offered were included in a 3 coin mixed metal Olympic proof set and a further 3,000 were included in a 24-coin Olympic Millennium Collection. The coin was also included in an 8-Coin Olympics Fauna & Flora Collection.


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