2022 $1 Australian Dinosaurs Australovenator PNC Gold - 0.5g Proof which not only shaped our

which not only shaped our national identity

This coin creatively utilises its curve shape to depict the iconic netball and goal on the reverse

This image on the coin is designed and sculpted by the Royal Australian Mint’s designer Wojciech Pietranik

Despite its fearless nature the wombat has a  short-legged muscular frame

Listed as endangered

2022 $1 Australian Dinosaurs Australovenator PNC Gold - 0.5g Proof which not only shaped ourAustralovenator wintonensis was a theropod (three toed) dinosaur that lived during the Mid Cretaceous Period. Its fossilised bones were discovered near Winton, Queensland, intermingled with the bones of Diamantinasaurus. Like all carnivorous dinosaurs, Australovenator was two legged with smaller forelimbs. A claw of this dinosaur has also been found in Early Cretaceous rocks in Victoria and at Lightning Ridge, New South Wales.