First in a new series, Cute and Cuddly Baby Animals! First up is the Baby Dingo Pup, chasing a butterfly on this charming, one troy ounce pure silver proof, minted in full color with a frosted cameo finish and a mintage limit of just 1,000!

We are proud to announce the arrival of a very special baby—the first coin in a heart-warming series dedicated to the world’s cutest animals. Say hello to Australia’s native dog, the Baby Dingo! Featuring an irresistible combination of delightful design, pure precious metal, and exclusivity, this must-have coin is legal tender love at first sight! Captured in a moment of playful innocence as the dingo puppy chases an Australian Cairns Birdwing Butterfly, this charming vignette is further enhanced by magnificently rendered native Australian flora, the Sturt's Desert Rose, found throughout the mainland Australia outback.

This wildly cute Baby Dingo is struck to frosted proof-quality perfection using magnificent Digital Color minting technology, in one full troy ounce of pure silver. Sure to melt hearts everywhere, the Baby Dingo belongs in any numismatic wildlife collection and makes a perfect gift, too! With a mintage of just 1,000, indulge your love of all things cute and cuddly. Your coin is encapsulated in full numismatic packaging, including elegant clamshell presentation case, individually numbered certificate of authenticity, and full color outer box.

Australia's Native Dog
The Australian Dingo is an ancient, free roaming, primitive canine unique to the continent of Australia, specifically the outback. Its original ancestors are thought to have arrived with humans from southeast Asia thousands of years ago, when dogs were still relatively undomesticated and closer to their wild Asian Gray Wolf parent species, Canis lupus. Since that time, living largely apart from people and other dogs, as well as the demands of Australian ecology, has caused them to develop features and instincts that distinguish them from all other canines. Australian Dingoes have maintained ancient characteristics that unite them, along with other primitive dogs, into a taxon named after them, Canis lupus dingo, and has separated them from the domestic dog, Canis lupus familiaris. Dingos are nonetheless dogs as we know them. As such, they can be domesticated, live with humans, and interbreed with other breeds and subspecies of canines.

As a resulted of interbreeding with domesticated dogs arrived from Europe, today it is estimated that the majority of the modern "dingoes" are also descended from other domestic dogs. The number of these so-called dingo-hybrids had increased significantly over the last decades and the dingo has therefore been classified as vulnerable. "Pure dingos" are getting rare, and are the subject of much debate and conservation efforts.

This medium-sized canid that possesses a lean, hardy body designed for speed, agility and stamina. Genetic evidence suggests that there has been no artificial selection over the past five millennia, so that the dingo therefore represents an early form of dog from 4,000–6,000 years ago. They have lived, bred, and undergone natural selection in the wild, isolated from other canids until the arrival of European settlers, resulting in an unique canid.

Obverse
A baby dingo puppy chases a butterfly through a thicket of desert rose bushes. The legend AUSTRALIAN DINGO indicates the theme.

Reverse
His Majesty, King Charles III, in profile effigy facing left. This portrait was executed by the engraver Jody Clark. The legend CHARLES III, the date of issue and denomination also appear, while the legend 1 OZ 999 SILVER guarantees the weight and purity.

Packaging
The coin is encapsulated inside a luxurious clamshell-style presentation case, lined with black velvet and satin, and protected by a full color outer cardboard box. An individually-numbered certificate of authenticity is included.

The image of the back side of the certificate is a mint-supplied image intended for general reference only. The serial number in the image is NOT indicative of the serial number you will receive!