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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Year of the Horse - `Dayuan` - Silver
| Issuer | Perth Mint, Australia |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Full-body coloured depiction of the 'Dayuan' horse, a chestnut stallion standing in profile facing left, rendered after the famous series of imperial equestrian paintings by the Jesuit court painter Giuseppe Castiglione (Lang Shining) commissioned during the Qianlong era. To the right of the horse, vertical columns of Chinese characters record the calligraphic inscription attributing the work to the artist, with two red imperial seal stamps positioned in the upper right field. To the lower left, the horse's name '大宛騮' (Dayuan) is inscribed in large Chinese characters. The Perth Mint 'P' mintmark appears at the bottom centre of the field. |
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| Reverse lettering | 大宛騮 乾隆癸亥孟春海西 臣郎世寧恭書 P (Translation: Dayuan Respectfully written by Lang Shining in the first month of spring, Guihai year of the Qianlong era (1743) The Qianlong Emperor`s imperial brush The Emperor`s brush Treasure of the Qianlong Emperor`s appreciation) |
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