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10 Cents - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Lyrebird, Gold Proof
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2001-2019 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | A male Superb Lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae) is depicted in dynamic profile, its elaborate lyre-shaped tail plumage spreading prominently across the field in finely detailed relief. The bird's body faces right with legs visible at the lower right, and the intricately rendered filamentary and lanceolate tail feathers dominate the design. The numeral '10' is superimposed in large relief at the left of the field, with the designer's initials 'SD' (Stuart Devlin) inscribed at lower centre. The denomination 'CENTS' appears as part of the lettering, completing the face value indication. The entire composition is struck against a deeply mirrored proof background that enhances the contrast of the frosted devices. |
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| Mintage | 2001 - Proof - 193 2005 - Proof - 629 2006 - Proof - 300 2007 - Proof - 300 2014 - Proof - 47 2015 - Proof - 47 2016 - Proof - 100 2017 - Proof - 50 2018 - Proof - 50 2019 - Proof - 50 |
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The lyrebird dime in gold proof was issued across nearly two decades as part of the Royal Australian Mint's broader collector program, which expanded aggressively through the 1990s and 2000s to offset declining revenue from circulating coinage. Ian Rank-Broadley's fourth portrait of Elizabeth II, introduced in 1998, appears on all strikes in this range — making the series straddle the awkward institutional moment when the Mint was simultaneously pushing bullion products and defending the relevance of its circulation business.
At 12.14 grams of .999 gold, this is priced well above face value by design — a collector instrument, never intended to move through trade.