2022 $1 Great Southern Land Blue Lepidolite 1oz Silver Proof Coin

Celebrating Australia’s iconic flying species, the coin portrays representations (clockwise from top) of an Australian wedge-tailed eagle; a kookaburra; a splendid fairy wren; a blue banded bee; a birdwing butterfly; a sugar glider; a sulphur crested cockatoo; and a willie wagtail. The background is composed of native flora motifs. The design encircles an insert of blue lepidolite. A lithium bearing mineral found in a variety of colours, the blue-coloured variant comes exclusively from a location in Western Australia approximately 280 kilometres north of Perth.