2003 Silver One Ounce Proof Coin Golden Pipeline
We Last Sold This Item For: | $55.00 |
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Last Sold On: | 13/9/2024 |
# Sold In Past 12 Months: | 7 |
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2003 Silver One Ounce Proof Coin Golden Pipeline
Obverse: Elizabeth II to right, legend around
Reverse: CY O'Connor
Diameter: 40.60mm | Weight: 31.1035g | Purity: 99.90 | ASW: 1.00 ozt
Mintage: 5,000
A hugely popular commemorative coin with an innovative reverse design.
Ever since it was founded, the the WA Goldfields was short of water - a resource vital to everyday life and also to the gold mining industry.
The cost of water was reduced by 90% once the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme was opened by the Governor of WA, Sir John Forrest, on 24th January, 1903.
The 560 kilometre pipeline between Perth and Kalgoorlie was widely regarded as an engineering marvel, many critics could not conceive that that it would be anything other than a complete and utter disaster.
Nicknamed "The Golden Pipeline", the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme enabled the full benefits of the discovery of gold in WA to be realized, and brought immense wealth into the previously struggling WA economy.
The reverse design of the coin features a coloured image of O'Connor and the inscription GOLDEN PIPELINE 100th ANNIVERSARY. Both appear within the shape of the famous 'locking bar', revolutionary Australian technology used to seal the pipeline's seams without rivets.
This element of the design is set against a background of signatures of those who attended the 1903 inauguration ceremony, and the inscription 1903 - 2003.
The coin, case, outer shipper, and certificate are all included and remain in excellent condition.
SKU: 15740
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