2019-P Australia $1 - Welcome Stranger Gold Nugget - NGC MS70
- Grading Service: Numismatic Guaranty Corporation - NGC
- Grade: Mint State 70 - MS70
- Certification: 5759836-218
- Country: Australia
- Queen: Elizabeth II (1952-Date)
- Type: Non-Circulating Coin
- Years: 2019
- Mint: Perth Mint - Australia
- Denomination: 1 AUD
- Currency: Australian Dollar (1966-Date)
- Composition: .9999 Silver (.999 Gold Gilded)
- Diameter: 40.6mm
- Weight: 31.1g
- Edge: Reeded
- Obverse: 6th crowned portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the George IV State Diadem and the Victorian Coronation Necklace
- Reverse: Welcome Stranger gold nugget as it appeared in The Perth Mint’s 1986 Australian Nugget 1oz gold coin
- Commemorative Issue: 150 Year of the Welcome Stranger Nugget
Discovered on 5 February 1869 near the Victorian goldfields town of Moliagul, the world-famous "Welcome Stranger" nugget weighed an estimated 72 kilos and contained almost 2,300 ounces of gold. It sold for 10,000 British pounds, the equivalent of millions of dollars today. Celebrating the 150th anniversary of its discovery, this attractive quality coin features a design highlighting the Australia's largest known alluvial gold nugget in the precious metal.
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