Talisman Coins and the Perth Mint are excited to announce the first release in the exciting new Working Dogs series! This extremely low mintage series (only 3,000 per breed!) celebrates five different dogs and the very different jobs they accomplish at our behest! Each proof-finish coin features a full color picture of an adult working dog and a puppy.

Limit Note - Because of extremely high demand and allocations, we reserve the right to limit, restrict and adjust orders as we see fit to ensure a fairer distribution. But for now, order what you need or would like to have.

The Golden or Yellow Labrador
Labrador Retrievers are registered in three colors: black (a solid black color), yellow (anything from light cream to "fox-red"), and chocolate (medium to dark brown). Labradors are an intelligent breed with a good work ethic and even temperaments. Common working roles for Labradors include hunting, tracking and detection (they have a great sense of smell which helps when working in these areas); disabled-assistance, carting, and therapy work. Approximately 60–70% of all guide dogs in Canada are Labradors.

The Labrador Retriever Silver Proof is the first in this new and exciting series, to be released by the Perth Mint. Coins commemorating the following canines are planned:

    Labrador Retriever - Guide Dog
    Border Collie - Sheep Dog
    Australian Cattle Dog - Herding Dog
    Beagle - Detection (Sniffer) Dog
    German Shepherd - Police Dog

With a mintage of only 3,000, the Labrador Retriever has already Sold Out at the Mint! We recommend you get this coin while you can!

High Relief Boxing Kangaroos!
The kangaroo is one of the definitive symbols of Australia, the island continent. The Perth Mint and Talisman Coins are proud to bring you an unprecedented new addition to the renowned Australian Kangaroo coin series. Previously only available in pure gold from Perth, this is the first-ever silver Kangaroo proof from the Mint, a one ounce, pure silver dollar issued as the first annual silver release for collectors! The coin is struck in ultra high, medallic relief on a concave, double-thick planchet (it is a piedfort) with a proof finish. It depicts two roos boxing or fighting, amidst the stark and foreboding landscape of Australia's outback.

The description of boxing kangaroos originates from the animal's defensive behavior, in which it will use its smaller forelegs ("arms") to hold a rival or attacker in place while using the claws on its larger hind legs to try to kick, slash or disembowel them. This stance gives the impression that the kangaroo appears to be "boxing" with its adversary.

Click here for a full photo essay of a Kangaroo boxing match!

An Ultra High Relief, Proof Piedfort!
Once again, the Perth Mint has done the fauna and natural beauty of Australia proud! The coin is struck in ultra high relief, with a frosted cameo proof finish, and is a piedfort (double-thick coin), measuring a substantial 6 mm thick! Hard to find and popular with collectors for more than a century, piedforts are highly sought after.

This Boxing Kangaroos Silver Dollar is only the 3rd high relief, silver piedfort proof released by the Perth Mint, following:

    Battle of Marathon 2500th Anniversary Military Silver Dollar
    Sydney Cove Medallion Allegorical Silver Dollar

Limit Note - Because of extremely high demand and allocations, we reserve the right to limit, restrict and adjust orders as we see fit to ensure a fairer distribution. But for now, order what you need or would like to have.

Regular Price $89.95 - Special SALE Price Only $69.95 Each!

Golden Age of Piracy - Blackbeard $1
The original American rebel!

Shiver me timbers! The mere mention of the word "pirate" conjures up mental images of scalawags with eye patches, peg legs, hooks, nose rings, earrings, and parrots, shouting, waving cutlasses and the Jolly Roger! The Perth Mint of Australia has done Blackbeard, the world's most infamous buccaneer, proud! The notorious pirate is depicted in a dramatic portrait (drawn from original source material!) standing on a Carolina beach, a long rifle or musket in his right hand and his cutlass at his side. His ship Queen Anne's Revenge sails behind him as he admires an open treasure chest full of pirate coins, gems and booty under the palm trees. 

Born in England around 1680, Edward Teach was the archetypal bloodthirsty pirate. Arming his large, six-foot frame to the hilt with multiple cutlasses, daggers and flintlock pistols, he added a demonic air to his appearance by tying smoldering hemp cords in  his long black hair! He captured a large, British-built French slave ship, armed her to the gunwales with cannon and renamed her Queen Anne's Revenge (pictured on this coin). As the flagship of his squadron, he successfully blockaded Charleston harbor in May, 1718!

His infamous career, however, lasted less than two years. Hunted down by the Royal Navy, Teach's last stand is famous. He was reportedly shot five times and stabbed and hacked more than twenty times before he died and was decapitated, with his head being placed on a pole on the shore of Virginia's Hampton River as a warning to those who would perpetrate the villainy of piracy.

Best of all is the price - it won't cost you a hostage's ransom to get this affordable, full color dollar! Get it now at our ridiculously low, introductory price!

2010 Victoria, Train, and Penguin!
Beautiful design, EXCEEDINGLY LOW MINTAGE (limit of only 2,500), color and penguin theme make for a great investment!! This second in a series of low-mintage ANDA coin show specials is sure to sell out as quickly as the first!

This unique and truly scarce pure silver penguin coin is only the second silver dollar in the extremely popular Celebrate Australia Program. This coin combines a highly popular animal motif with an aesthetically superior design, featuring a full color scene of Melbourne's Flinders Street Train Station, one of the city's iconic trams, and a Little Penguin, star of the "Penguin Parade" on Phillip Island. Add in the ridiculously low mintage limit, the pure silver and the proof finish with full color, and you've got a sure winner!

Limit Note - Because of extremely high demand and allocations, we reserve the right to limit, restrict and adjust orders as we see fit to ensure a fairer distribution. But for now, order what you need or would like to have.