5 Dollars - Elizabeth II 6th Portrait - Western Taipan - Silver Proof

Features

Commemorative issue

Australia's Most Dangerous

Obverse

6th crowned portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the George IV State Diadem and the Victorian Coronation Necklace

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA 2020
JC

Designer: Jody Clark

Jody Clark is a British engraver employed by the Royal Mint, notable for designing the fifth and latest portrait of Queen Elizabeth II to feature on coins of the pound sterling.

Reverse

A Skeletal form of a Western Taipan depicted over a map of Australia with a shaded outline showing where they are found in Central Australia.

Lettering:
5
DOLLARS
WESTERN TAIPAN
Oxyuranus microlepidotus

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Comments

This Fine Silver (.999) Proof coin was issued by the RAM. It is part of a three-coin series: ‘Australia’s Most Dangerous’ featuring some of Australia’s deadliest animals reproduced in skeletal form.

A sinuous and elegant Western Taipan snake lunges at its prey – in skeletal form. The Western Taipan, Australia’s most venomous terrestrial snake, is feared and respected in equal measure. This is the third in a three-coin series that showcases Australia’s Most Deadly animals, in a unique and beautiful way.

See also

• Reptile
• Map

• 5 Dollars - Elizabeth II (6th Portrait - Saltwater Crocodile - Silver Proof)
• 5 Dollars - Elizabeth II (6th Portrait - Tasmanian Devil - Silver Proof)

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