2019 $5 Echoes of Australian Fauna Lesser Bilby Selectively Gold Plated 1oz Silver Proof Coin

Australia’s driest deserts were once home to a tenacious little marsupial that lurked in sandy burrows by day and emerged after dark to hunt for small prey. The lesser bilby, which sported a long tail and ears, along with a fierce temperament, was declared extinct in the 1950s. This coin honours the feisty lesser bilby; vanished but not forgotten, in its harsh and beautiful desert home.