2022 $1 Australian Dinosaurs Australovenator PNC Gold - 0.5g Proof the reverse of the 20c

the reverse of the 20c coin features powerful images of tsunami

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

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

meaning “shark” in the Meriam Mir language

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2022 $1 Australian Dinosaurs Australovenator PNC Gold - 0.5g Proof the reverse of the 20cAustralovenator 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.