1997 $1 Sir Charles Kingsford Smith The World's Greatest Pioneering Aviator Silver Proof Coin PNCs - 20c the Christmas Beetle is a

the Christmas Beetle is a distinctive Australian characteristic of the Christmas season

the Overland Telegraph line between Adelaide and Darwin was finally connected

After falling to the Australians on 23 July

the exchange of vows and rings in front of family and friends

this coin is struck in a unique shape to replicate a detailed portrayal of Kevin the Minion - one of the main characters from the Despicable Me and Minions films

1997 $1 Sir Charles Kingsford Smith The World's Greatest Pioneering Aviator Silver Proof Coin PNCs - 20c the Christmas Beetle is aIn the 1920s and early 1930s Charles Kingsford Smith (1897 1935) made his mark upon the world by breaking or creating many long distance air records, the most famous being the 1928 first transpacific flight. In June 1927, Kingsford Smith and co pilot Charles Ulm flew a Bristol Tourer bi plane with a single Puma engine around Australia. They covered the 12,000 kilometre route in the record time of 10 days, 5 1 4 hours.