Royal Australian Mint RA Mint – 2022 Uncirc. $1 Coin 150th Overland Telegraph Line

The 150th Anniversary of the Australian Overland Telegraph Line is celebrated with the release of the Royal Australian Mint’s 2022 $1 Uncirculated Coin. This Telegraph Line heralded a new frontier of communication, since it took two weeks for those in South Australia to communicate with Europe before the `line’ was engineered on 22nd August 1872. It meant Australia’s geographic isolation was over. Newspapers were now fresh, business orders timely and information was just a Morse Code click away.

The Map of Australia complete with details of the Overland Telegraph Line is depicted on one side of this $1 uncirculated aluminium bronze coin.

Features:

• Designed and made in Australia
• Crafted in aluminium bronze
• $1 coin
• Uncirculated finish
• Year of Issue: 2022
• Features The 150th Anniversary of the Australian Overland Telegraph Line illustration on one side of the coin
• Coins obverse features HRH, Queen Elizabeth
• Mintage of 15,000
• Beautifully presented on an illustrated card

Coin diameter: 2.5cm
Card dimension: 17cm (l) x 10cm (w).