Pocket Treasures Coins and Collectables
2020 $1 1/2oz Silver Coloured Uncirculated Coin. Star Dreaming Series. The Seven Sisters.
2020 $1 1/2oz Silver Coloured Uncirculated Coin. Star Dreaming Series. The Seven Sisters.
- 1/2oz 99.9% Silver
- Encapsulated & Cased
- Mintage 5000
- Certificate No: 2510
- Frosted Uncirculated
For indigenous Australians the star cluster Pleiades in the constellation Taurus is known as the Seven Sisters. Stories described them as a group of young women being pursued by unwanted male attention. Featured on this coin is Wajarri-Noongar artist Christine 'Jugarnu' Collard's artwork Seven Jijas (sisters). Indigenous Australians were the first astronomers and have long used the stars as maps.
The Yamaji people of the Murchison region in Western Australia refer to the Seven Sister stars as Nyarluwarri in the Wajarri language. When Nyarluwarri sits low on the horizon at sunset the people know that emu eggs are ready for harvesting.
With a small mintage of 5000 this 1/2oz silver frosted uncirculated one dollar dated 2020 features artwork by Wiradjuri artist Scott Towney.