Star Trek returns to Perth Mint with a tribute to the ultra-classic episode Mirror Mirror

While the New Zealand Mint’s range of Star Wars coins has powered on relentlessly, the Perth Mint’s Star Trek range has been quiet since last October when they launched the excellent tricorder packaged 2oz coin. May seems to be a month of new releases however, with a new coin here and two more due later today from the Royal Canadian Mint.

This coin is a continuation on what has gone before in terms of specification. A Perth Mint speciality, it’s a 40.6 mm coloured one-ounce silver coin and comes in heavily themed packaging. The box is one that’s been used repeatedly in the past, a white plastic round item with a blue LED light that comes on to illuminate the coin when the lid is opened. Those who have purchased the captain or ship coins in the past will be familiar with it.

The coin is themed around an episode, one of the most beloved of all from the original series called Mirror Mirror. The story involves Kirk, McCoy, Uhura and Scotty being mistakenly transported to a brutal parallel version of their own universe, it is widely considered Star Trek at its very finest and the concept was revisted in a later incarnation of the franchise. The design is said to be by Perth Mint regular Jennifer Mackenna but the artwork is an excellent piece by artist Gary Pullin who remains uncredited sadly.

The obverse remains the effigy of Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank Broadley, surrounded by all the inscriptions, none being present on the main face that wasn’t part of the original artwork. Available to buy today from the Perth Mint website or from one of their extensive dealer network, it will sell for $115.00 AUD with a mintage set at 3,000.