The third annual Young Collectors coin set from The Perth Mint comprising nine Australian $1 coins portraying backyard bugs - from a beautiful butterfly to a bothersome blowfly!

Intent on inspiring young people to develop an interest in coins, the latest Young Collectors set comes in awesome packaging which also houses fabulous bonus items.

Struck from aluminium bronze, each $1 coin in the set is issued as Australian legal tender. Each is housed in a protective capsule which fits snugly into its recess in the illustrated presentation album.

The reverse of each coin portrays one of nine bugs found in backyards around Australia:

• Redback Spider
• Ladybird
• Bull Ant
• Grasshopper
• Birdwing Butterfly
• Cicada
• Blowfly
• Dragonfly
• Praying Mantis