2022 $1 Uncirculated Coin - 150th anniversary of Australian Overland Telegraph Line

$19.95

Description
2022 $1 Uncirculated Coin - 150th anniversary of Australian Overland Telegraph Line

Life in Australia changed forever when Charles Heavitree Todd's Overland Telegraph Line opened. An extraordinary engineering feat, the line stretched 2,839 km from Port August to Darwin through unknown and hostile territory, on 36,000 poles. This 2022 $1 UNC Coin commemorates the 1872 opening of the line and Australia's historic telegraphic connection with the rest of the world.

Coin's reverse describes the 150th anniversary of Australian Overland Telegraph Line
Packaged in a presentation card
Maximum mintage of 15 000
Coin's obverse features the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II designed by Jody Clark
Australian legal tender