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2014 1 Troy Oz .999 Fine Silver Australia $1 Saltwater Crocodile

Welcoming to my collection....

The Saltwater Crocodile is the largest reptile in the world in terms of body mass, and is found in suitable habitats from northern Australia through Southeast Asia to the eastern coast of India.

Males can reach up to 7 metres in length and can weigh more than 1,000 kilograms, while females are significantly smaller, generally reaching only 4 metres in length, and weighing up to 100 kilograms.

Despite their name, the saltwater crocodile not only inhabits salt water but is just as happy in fresh, brackish and saline water in ponds, swamps, lakes, rivers and the ocean.

The saltwater crocodile is an extremely formidable and opportunistic predator capable of killing almost any animal that enters its territory, propelling itself through the water with surprising speed. Their sheer enormity makes them the most dangerous of all crocodiles to humans.

Technical specifications of the coin:

Denomination: 1 Australia Dollar

Composition: Silver (.999 fine)

Diameter: 40.60 mm

Weight: 31.135 g

Edge treatment: Serrated

Reverse design: Natasha Muhl

Mintage: 1,000,000

2014 1 Troy Ounce Fine Silver Canadian Maple Leaf Coin

The silver Maple Leaf coin contains one troy ounce of pure .9999 fine (or "four-nines") silver.

The Coin is purest one-ounce silver coin produced by any government mint anywhere in the world.

It is a legal tender coin with a face value of five Canadian dollars.

It's the highest face value of any one-ounce government-minted silver bullion coin.

Each privy contains a small, micro-engraved "14" which is visible only under magnification.

The "14" will change annually to correspond with the year of issue.

Weight: 1.000 Troy ounce (31.104 Grams)

Diameter: 1.496" 38mm

Thickness: 0.129" 3.29mm.

2013 1.5 oz Silver Canadian Polar Bear Coin

I bought this coin in "Pawn America" in Minnesota.

This larger size Silver coin contains 1.5 oz of .9999 pure Silver!

The coin’s reverse features the majestic arctic polar bear.

Listed as a vulnerable species with less than 20,000 believed to be in the wild, conservationists around the globe are fighting for the bears' resurgence in the animal kingdom.

The coin's obverse features Queen Elizabeth II with the inscription “Canada 8 Dollars 2013” designed by Susanna Blunt.

Horse Logo

There is a similar horse to the one in the TVS Logo in old 1 Pice coin of INDIA but jumping in the other direction.

1 Pice Obverse

TVS Motors Logo

1 Pice Reverse

Dollars & Rupees

With all due respect to Mahatma Gandhi, a humble question to RBI.

Is Mahatma Gandhi our only leader?

Sporting Event Coins

India's biggest sporting events' commemorative coins

IX Asian Games commemoration 25 Paise Coin

XIX Commonwealth Games Commemorative 2 rupee coin

XIX Commonwealth Games Commemorative 5 rupee coin

Dokdo

Two of the coins from princely states of India were added to my collection recently.

Junagadh State - 1 dokdo copper

Junagarh The kori was the currency of Kutch until 1947. It was subdivided into 24 dokda (singular dokdo), each of 2 trambiyo. The kori was replaced by the Indian rupee at a rate of 1 rupee = 3½ kori.