2022 Australian Dinosaurs Four-Coin Privy Mark Limited Edition PNC
2022 Australian Dinosaurs Four-Coin Privy Mark Limited Edition PNC
This postal numismatic cover celebrates all things wonderful about collecting. The stamps and coins featured in this postal numismatic cover are from the range of collectables for the 2022 Australia Post Collecting Month featuring Australian Dinosaurs.
This remarkable cover features four $1 AlBr uncirculated Privy Marked coins. These coins are from Collecting Month, the Elaphrosaurine, the Australovenator, the Diamantinasaurus and the Kunbarrasaurus. Each of these coins have a unique privy mark and when together spell the word DINO.
The Australian Dinosaurs postal numismatic cover features four dinosaurs of the Cretaceous Period (145 million to 66 million years ago) when present day Australia was joined to Antarctica, New Zealand and South America to form the supercontinent of Gondwana. Being located further south than today, Australia had a cool, wet climate and vast floodplains covered about a third of what is now central Australia, providing an ideal habitat for dinosaurs.
The four dinosaurs are: Diamantinasaurus matildae, a long- necked, plant-eater up to 20 metres in length; Australovenator wintonensis, a carnivorous predator, about six metres in length; Kunbarrasaurus ieversi, a four-legged, plant-eater covered in bony armour; and an elaphrosaurine theropod (three-toed) dinosaur, which was slender, two-legged and probably a plant-eater.
This embellished postal numismatic cover and card houses four uncirculated coins featuring Privy Marks, produced by the Royal Australian Mint in aluminium-bronze. The collection is limited to a numbered run of 1,000.
Key Features:
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- Gold foiled title, gold foiled postmark and gold foiled numbering
- Cover numbered 0001/1,000 to 1,000/1,000 in gold foil
- Stamps and denominations | 1 x $1.10 Elaphrosaurine | 1 x $1.10 Australovenator | 1 x $1.10 Diamantinasaurus | 1 x $1.10 Kunbarrasaurus stamp
- Postmark: 1 November 2022 │ Winton Qld 4735
Coin details
- Release year: 2022
- Mint: Royal Australian Mint
- Metal: AlBr
- Mark:
- Diamantinasaurus “D” privy mark
- Australovenator “I” privy mark
- Kunbarrasaurus “N” privy mark
- Elaphrosaurine “O” privy mark
- Denomination: $1
- Weight: 9 g
- Diameter: 25 mm
- Finish: Uncirculated
- Obverse designer: A Baggio | J Clark