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2014 Royal Australian Mint - Bright Bugs - Leichhardt's Grasshopper - Uncirculated $1 Carded Coin

SKU:2014-1-BB-GRASS
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  • Vendor:

    Royal Australian Mint

  • Type:

    Carded Coins

Description

Features 

  • Part of the Bright Bugs Series
  • The coins reverse features images of a Leichhardt's Grasshopper surrounded by foliage 
  • Struck to the RAM's uncirculated standard
  • Mintage of 10,002

Details

Hatched in the remote plains of the Northern Territory and Western Australia with dull colouring, the Leichhardt’s Grasshopper might never seem destined to take on the world. However, as it grows and develops a vivid body of brick red, midnight black, orange and royal blue, it soon finds its purpose, its home and its mission. The whole world might still be too much for it to conquer, but it does manage to pounce on a single Pityrodia shrub. It lives in and eats its one host plant for its entire life. While the grasshopper rules its shrub with no predators to threaten its kingdom, its life is not without challenges. Yearly burning of the scrub land where it is found can leave the creature homeless and foodless. Without the mobility to find a new shrub, it struggles through its final days waiting… and waiting for its host plant to re-sprout.

Specifications 

  • Denomination: $1 
  • Metal Content: AlBr
  • Mass: 9.00g
  • Diameter: 25.00mm
  • Packaging: The coin is housed in a small white and orange card with a large dynamically posed Leichhardt's Grasshopper on the front, and a smaller image of it on the back

Please Note: These are second-hand collectables and may contain scratches, creases, marks, toning or other minor damage. Feel free to ask for photos before purchasing.