2019 Echoes of Australian Fauna - Tasmanian Tiger & Lesser Bilby & Night Parrot Nickel Plated Selectively Gold Plated Five Dollar Silver Proof Coins

Tasmanian Tiger

Until 1930, Tasmania's magnificent wilderness was home to a shy, striped marsupial popularly known as the Tasmanian Tiger, or thylacine.

This stunning 2019 $5 Fine Silver Nickel Plated, Selectively Gold Plated Proof coin pays tribute to the thylacine in its natural environment, featuring selective black nickel and gold plating to depict the beautiful, lost creature roaming Tasmania's lush forest.

The Reverse design features both black nickel and selective gold plating depicting the elusive thylacine lurking in Tasmania's wilderness.

Lesser Bilby

The feisty little lesser bilby. Unlike the gentle surviving common bilby, the lesser bilby was a carnivore that had a notoriously fierce temperament. It lived in some of Australia's driest desert environments and was declared extinct in the 1950s

The Reverse design features both black nickel and selective gold plating depicting the Lesser Bilby in its harsh desert habitat.

Night Parrot

The night parrot's story has a happy ending; the bird, long feared extinct, was recently rediscovered. The beauty of this exquisite coin, with its black nickel and selective gold plating, reflects the fragile beauty of the spinifex habitat of the night parrot.

The Reverse design features both black nickel and selective gold plating depicting the night parrot in its grassy semi-arid habitat.