2023 1oz Australian Antarctic Territory – Emperor Penguin .999 Silver BU Coin

Coin Features

First release in a new series
Limited mintage of just 25,000 coins
Coins come in protective capsules in sealed rolls of 10
Australian legal tender
1oz of .999 fine silver
Background

With their regal bearing and distinctive markings, Emperor Penguins are the largest of all penguins, standing around a meter tall and weighing up to 45 kilograms.

An Emperor Penguin family with offspring stand on the ice shelf by an azure sea on the Royal Australian Mints new coins series which features wildlife of the Australian Antarctic Territory.

Named in honour of naturalist Johann Forster, who travelled with Captain James Cook on his second voyage of discovery (1772-75), the Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) is the largest of all penguins, growing to around a meter tall.

Emperors are endemic to Antarctica, including the Australian Antarctic Territory. They are well adapted to the frigid southern continent and alone among penguins, are capable of breeding during the icy winter. Once regarded as a species of least concern, Emperor Penguins are now classed as near threatened, due to reduction of their food source from commercial fishing and climate change induced loss of sea ice. Emperors, with their distinctive markings and entertaining demeanor, are prominent in popular culture. The hit 2006 animated movie Happy Feet stars dancing Emperor Penguins.

These magnificent creatures feature on the new Royal Australian Mint series of coins depicting animals of the Australian Antarctic Territory.