Australia 2025 Rainbow Serpent 50th Anniversary 20c Colour Coin and Special Edition Book

The Rainbow Serpent 50th anniversary coin and book

Celebrate 50 years since the publication of Dick Roughsey's The Rainbow Serpent with this 2025 Australian 20c coloured uncirculated coin, presented in the cover of a special hardcover edition of the book. Created by the Royal Australian Mint with the Children's Book Council of Australia for its Book Week series, the coin and book bring the story's artwork into a collector presentation.

Roughsey was a Lardil artist from Mornington Island. His book was published in 1975 and received Children's Book Council of Australia honours in 1976. This Australian legal tender coin was not issued for circulation. The special-edition book presentation is limited to 5,000 examples. Shop the Rainbow Serpent coin and book at FORTYMILLION.

• Year: 2025; denomination: 20 cents
• Coloured uncirculated cupro-nickel coin; 75% copper and 25% nickel
• Coin mass: 11.3 g; circular shape; diameter: 28.65 mm; thickness: 2.50 mm; milled edge
• Presented in a special hardcover edition of the book
• Edition limit for this presentation: 5,000