(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10002/puffin.jpg)
The latest in the coloured Polar Animals series, these images courtesy of the Royal Australian Mint (//www.ramint.gov.au) are of the Atlantic Puffin. The reverse design by Aaron Baggio is pad printed. Coming soon to a dealer near you or a post office for $15.
It's the standard 25 millimetre size weighing 9 grams, a must for this dollar collector.
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10002/puffin-card.jpg)
I have a few of these pad printed coins in my collection simply out of curiosity.
To me they are just that a curiosity and not a serious coin design (any fool can cut and paste) I may get some later on but these are not a big priority for me and I will stick to the minted verses printed coins at the moment :ok:
I hope the puffin on my card doesn't have his head (on the card) cut off like the one in the RAM pic.
Aaron Baggio also did the 2012 $2 Remembrance Day poppy and the 50 cent Aus Ballet coins. His name is familiar, I think I saw him on the news recently. Anyway, another day another dollar coin to collect. :D