Now in its fifth year, the Perth Mint’s ‘Next Generation: Mother & Baby’ series is an unusual one in this popular mints catalogue by having no one-ounce version. Instead, there’s a two-ounce coin with a large 75,000 mintage doing the heavy lifting, and a ten-ounce coin capped at 2,500 pieces. Both are effectively piedfort coins, having a diameter (66.1 and 40.9 respectively) that’s usually associated with a coin of half the weight, and expending that extra completely on the coin thickness.

The theme of these, at least so far, is Mother & Baby, with each issue depicting exactly that. We’ve already had the Koala, Crocodile, Kookaburra, and Platypus, and now we have another Australian predatory animal, the Dingo. An infamous animal down under, it’s often in the news for the wrong reasons, but remains just another animal trying to survive in one of the most hostile and dangerous environments on Earth.

Another neat design, with even the ‘sunburst’ lines in the background, something we’re rarely keen on here, not detracting from the overall look. Indeed, this has always been quite a nice series,  and Aleysha Howarth has kept up the standard of previous entrants. Available now, each coin comes encapsulated, and should be available from all  the usual dealers, big and small. Check out our Where to Buy page.

LINKS: OUR BULLION COIN GUIDE TO THE SERIES