Medal - WA – Mammoth Cave; Thylacoleo Tourist Souvenir
Features
| Location |
Australia
 |
|---|---|
| Issuing company | Auscoinswest |
| Type | Souvenir medallions |
| Composition | Brass |
| Weight | 10.5 g |
| Diameter | 29.5 mm |
| Thickness | 1.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 563671 |
Commemorative issue
Thylacoleo carnifex
Series: Western Australia Tourist Coin
Obverse
A representation of Thylacoleo a facing left
Script: Latin
Lettering:
THYLACOLEO CARNIFEX
MAMMOTH CAVE
Translation: Marsupial lion
Reverse
Western Australian map with Black Swan insert
Script: Latin
Lettering:
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
BROOME
MONKEY MIA
PERTH
ALBANY
ESPERANCE
SOUVENIR COIN
Edge
Plain
Comments
One of a series of Tourist Souvenir coins from destinations across Western Australia.
Mammoth Cave contains megafauna fossils and is to the South West of Margaret River along Caves Road at Boranup.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammoth_Cave_(Western_Australia)
Scientific name: Thylacoleo carnifex
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/thylacoleo-carnifex/
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Numista Rarity index: 95
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