Holdfast said:Yes, all speculation but word has it that the 2015 Australian Kangaroo - Commercial Quality coin is next on the list. Just a pure bullion coin, "Similar" to the Croc.
Commercial quality
http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2014L00637/Explanatory Statement/Text
So the Croc was the test dummy.
Confirmed today by the mint that the Kangaroo is not necessarily the next monster box coin, and that the Kangaroo may not even be struck, it's just been approved as a potential future production coin. Not everything approved in Comlaw announcements gets into production, so it's presence in a determination is not proof that it is next. Look at how short the time between the Crocodile appearing in Comlaw and it being announced was - we could hear about a brand new coin in the interim.
The official response is that "we still haven't decided" the future design of the next 1oz monster box coin. The mint is gearing up for a full tilt at 2015 dated Goat, Kookaburra and Koala production for a while, so I think we may be kept guessing until well into next year. Meanwhile, I would just keep an eye out what gets slipped into Comlaw coin determinations for clues, because they're not giving out any others.
I'm limited in what I can divulge from such conversations (the mint does read the forum after all!). A 1/2oz coin is next.
Saw all of the 2015 bullion coins in the flesh