2014 Royal Australian Mint - Bright Bugs - Cuckoo Wasp - Uncirculated $1 Carded Coin (Staining on Card)

Description

Features 

• Part of the Bright Bugs Series
  
• The coins reverse features images of a Cuckoo Wasp, in different life stages 
• Australian Legal Tender

Details

Among the most resplendent insects to be found in Australia, the iridescent green, blue, and purple Cuckoo Wasp is truly befitting to be included in the Royal Australian Mint’s Bright Bugs Series. As cunning as it is beautiful, this parasitic wasp lays its eggs in the nest of a ‘host’ species, whose unlucky larvae provide a food source for the wasp’s young. When threatened by a rival, the cuckoo wasp can curl up into an almost impenetrable armoured ball. Launched in early 2014, the Mint’s Bright Bugs Series
features some of the continent’s most maligned and misunderstood; awe-spiring and eye-catching insects. 

Specifications 

• Denomination: $1 
• Metal Content: AlBr
• Mass: 9.00g
• Diameter: 25.00mm
  
• Mintage of 10,588
• Packaging: The coin is housed on a multi-coloured card with a dynamically posed Cuckoo Wasp on the front, and a smaller image of it on the back

Please Note: This is a secondhand collectible, and does have some staining to the top edge of the card, and may have other small cosmetic flaws. Please feel free to ask for more photos before purchasing.