Mother and Baby: Platypus 2021, 2 oz Silver Coin

Another silver coin from the popular series features a pair of prowlers.

The pecker, is one of the unique and amazing animals not only in Australia, but also in the world. In appearance, it somewhat resembles a small beaver, but endowed with a large, duck-like beak. Despite being a mammal, it lays eggs and feeds its young with milk. An important piece of information, for those wishing to interact more closely with the beak, is that this steak is venomous. Due to its peculiar structure, it is sometimes considered the missing evolutionary link between reptiles and mammals.

The reverse of this silver coin depicts two beaks, a juvenile and a parent, floating in the water's depths. Bubbles of air are rising from their beaks. The bottom shows a section of a typical river bed, a few stones and fragments of aquatic vegetation. The obverse presents the right, classic profile of Queen Elizabeth II. It also features the date of issue, weight, metal designation and its trial. As the coin is legal tender in Australia, it has a denomination of 2 Australian dollars.