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This 31.135 grams, .999 Ag, 40.60mm, Australian Saltwater Crocodile coin had a mintage of 1,000,000 and has a NGC population of just 1,430. The obverse of this coin was engraved by Natasha Muhl and depicts a saltwater crocodile facing right with mouth open with date, weight and fineness at bottom. The reverse features the crowned image of Queen Elizabeth II facing right with denomination at the bottom.
The Saltwater Crocodile is the largest reptile in the world in terms of body mass, and is found in suitable habitats from northern Australia through Southeast Asia to the eastern coast of India. Males can reach up to 7 metres in length and can weigh more than 1,000 kilograms, while females are significantly smaller, generally reaching only 4 metres in length, and weighing up to 100 kilograms. Despite their name, the saltwater crocodile not only inhabits salt water but is just as happy in fresh, brackish and saline water in ponds, swamps, lakes, rivers and the ocean. The saltwater crocodile is an extremely formidable and opportunistic predator capable of killing almost any animal that enters its territory, propelling itself through the water with surprising speed. Their sheer enormity makes them the most dangerous of all crocodiles to humans.