2012 $1 40 Years of Friendship China and Australia 1oz Silver Coin

The friendship between China and Australia has grown considerably over the years, with formal diplomatic relations established on 21 December 1972. The coin’s reverse portrays the animal emblem of each country, the Kangaroo and Giant Panda, headed by the Australian and Chinese flags in colour. The design also features the inscriptions, CHINA AND AUSTRALIA 40 YEARS, and in Chinese ‘40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Australia’, the year dates 1972 – 2012 and The Perth Mint’s ‘P’ mintmark.