Space Probes $1 Space Coin
Unmanned space probes full of scientific instruments have been exploring the Solar System for many years. Some are now travelling even deeper into space.
DID YOU KNOW?
Pioneer probes carry information about humans in case they are discovered by people from another world!
This coin is encased in a lavish album that also includes:
| Coin Specifications: | |
| Legal tender: | Australia |
| Effigy: | Queen Elizabeth II |
| Denomination: | $1 |
| Weight: | 13.80g |
| Diameter: | 30.20mm |
| Thickness: | 3.10mm |
| Metal | Al/Bronze |
| Mintage | Unlimited |
The Perth Mint gratefully acknowledges the following for their permission to reproduce imagery:
SOHO. R. Jay GaBany. European Space Agency. NASA. Magellan Project. JPL. Mariner 10, Astrogeology Team, U.S. Geological Survey. Space Science Institute. USGS. DLR. STScl.
J. Maiz Apellaniz (Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia, Spain). Daniel Verschatse – Observatorio Antilhue – Chile.
Special thanks to Dr James Biggs, Government Astronomer/Director of The Perth Observatory, for verifying information in the Young Collectors Space Information Book.
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