Description

2014 1 oz Australian .999 Silver Megafauna Thylacoleo Proof Coin

1 Oz .999 silver colorized proof coin with COA, Box

Mintage of only 6500

Known as the ‘Marsupial Lion’ or ‘Pouch Lion’.   An extinct genus of carnivorous marsupials that lived in Australia from the late Pliocene to the late Pleitocene (2 million to 46 thousand years ago). Some of these marsupial lions were the largest mammalian predators in Australia of their time, approaching the weight of a lioness. The estimated average weight for the species ranges from 101 to 130 kg (223 to 287 lb).