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10 Dollars - Charles III 1st Portrait - Australian Wedge-Tailed Eagle - 10th Anniversary Silver Proof
| Issuer | Perth Mint, Australia |
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| Year | 2024 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Uncrowned effigy of King Charles III facing left, as rendered by Dominic Thomas, occupying the central field. Above the portrait appears a privy mark depicting a wedge-tailed eagle descending to land on the branch of a dead tree, commemorating the tenth anniversary of the series. The legend CHARLES III AUSTRALIA · 10 DOLLARS encircles the design, with the engraver's initials DT present in the field. |
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| Reverse description | A dynamic montage of eight distinct renderings of the Australian wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax), each drawn from John M. Mercanti's previous designs in the series, arranged across the full field of the coin. The compositions depict the bird in varied poses including soaring in flight with wings fully spread, perching on a branch, descending with talons extended, and a dramatic close-up portrait of the head. The central field carries the bold legend AUSTRALIAN WEDGE-TAILED EAGLE in three lines, with the inscription 2024 10oz 9999 SILVER to the lower left and the Perth Mint anniversary privy mark designation P125 to the lower right. Mercanti's initials JM appear at the lower centre beneath the central eagle figure. |
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The Australian Wedge-Tailed Eagle series launched in 2014 as Perth Mint's answer to established bullion programs like the Britannia and the American Eagle, targeting the international investment market with a native apex predator rather than a colonial symbol. A decade in, the anniversary issue shifts from the standard one-ounce bullion format to a ten-ounce proof — the weight difference alone signals this is aimed at collectors rather than stackers. Charles III takes the obverse for the first time in this series, Jody Clark's portrait having replaced Maklouf's effigy of Elizabeth II across Australian coinage following her death in September 2022.