FED:Royal Wedding Coin available from today

AAP General News (Australia)
04-08-2011
FED:Royal Wedding Coin available from today

The Perth Mint has unveiled Australia's official legal tender commemorative coin ..

to mark the wedding of Prince WILLIAM and CATHERINE MIDDLETON.

With the endorsement of the Queen .. the coin has been struck from one ounce of 99.9
per cent pure silver.

It portrays the couple's official photograph with a background of an intricately detailed
sculpture of Westminster Abbey .. the setting for the April 29 wedding ceremony.

Perth Mint Sales and Marketing Director RON CURRIE says as a former branch of the Royal
Mint .. The Perth Mint honours its British heritage by issuing Buckingham Palace-approved
coins to celebrate the personal milestones of the Royal family.

They can be ordered from the mint from today.

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