Australia 9000 Dollars - Elizabeth II, 2018

9000 Dollars - Elizabeth II from Australia. Issued in 2018. Struck in Gold (.9999) (Diamond). Measures 100.6 mm and weighs 1800.18 g.

Obverse

Miniature 4th portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara, lettering around rim

Reverse

The outer coin features a sailing ship and rowboat ferrying hopeful diggers ashore, while a 19th century prospector pans for gold in front of miners' tents. Adjacent is a vista of where pink diamonds were found. The Kimberley region is depicted by an iconic boab tree and kangaroos, with a brilliant cut pink diamond representing the tropical sun. With the first glimpse of one of these rare pink prizes reportedly glinting from the soil of an anthill, the adjoining scene portrays a worker ant on a mound of earth with an emerald cut pink diamond clasped between its mandibles.

Edge

Reeded