2019 $1 AlBr Australia Map Counterstamp Uncirculated Carded Coin - Kenniff Brothers

Description

Colonial Australia was a dangerous place, with roads and townships attracting lawless renegades known as bushrangers. In 2019 history buffs, descendants and coin enthusiasts will be able to follow the folklore of the Australian Bushranger with the Royal Australian Mint's Roadshow. With an exclusive 'Australia Map' counterstamp, this coin will be a sought-after variant to our popular visitor press coin.

As Australia's colonies developed, bushrangers roamed the roads and townships: the scourge of police and troopers who struggled to uphold the law in the expanding settlements. The bushrangers came from a range of backgrounds: some were anti-establishment heroes to the common people, some were forced into a life of crime; many were violent career criminals. Although bushrangers were feared, they also sparked a legacy of art and folklore, and helped to create the myth of the Australian 'larrikin'.

In 2019 the Royal Australian Mint features the Bold, the Bad and the Ugly bushrangers on its suite of counterstamp coins, exclusive to its 2019 Roadshow. There are six different packaging cards for the 'Australia Map' counterstamp coin each featuring a different bushranger. These include Ben Hall, "Mad Dog" Morgan, Captain Moonlite, the Kenniff Brothers, Captain Thunderbolt & the Captain's Lady and Moondyne Joe.

• The second of a three-year theme of Colonial Australia
  
• Coins' reverse depicts a scene of the classic Australian bushranger and the brave colonial trooper, reflecting the drama and action of the time
  
• 'Australia map' counterstamp, exclusive to the 2019 Royal Australian Mint Bushrangers Roadshow
  
• Six packaging cards each feature an illustration and story of a different Bushranger
  
• Packaging cards will be randomly allocated for orders. Requests for specific cards are not able to be accommodated.
  
• Coin's obverse features Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II effigy sculpted by Jody Clark
  
• Australian legal tender
  

NOMINAL SPECIFICATIONS
Denomination $1
Year 2019
Mark 'Australia Map' Counterstamp
Metal content AlBr
Mass 9.00 g
Diameter 25.00 mm
Finish Uncirculated
Maximum mintage Unlimited
Packaging Coin in card
Obverse designer J. Clark
Reverse designer A. Stokic