2011 $1 Air Series Sacred Kingfisher Coloured Uncirculated Coin Silver - $5 Proof Sir John Monash is one

Sir John Monash is one of the greatest figures in Australian history

The coin’s reverse depicts a coloured representation of Cradle Mountain and Lake Dove

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2011 $1 Air Series Sacred Kingfisher Coloured Uncirculated Coin Silver - $5 Proof Sir John Monash is oneSacred Kingfishers are a medium sized kingfisher with beautiful blue back and tail feathers, cream belly and black face markings. They can be found throughout Australia in paperbark, eucalypt and melaleuca forests, mangroves and woodlands. The kingfisher is honoured annually at a festival in Victoria which celebrates the return of the species to a community environment park which was a rubbish tip.