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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II 3rd Portrait - Kookaburra - Piedfort
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 1989 |
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| Weight | 40 g |
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| Reverse description | Two kookaburras (Dacelo novaeguineae), Australia's iconic laughing kingfisher, are depicted perched side by side on a bare branch, rendered in finely detailed high relief with precisely engraved feather texture. The larger bird faces left while the smaller companion faces right, both set against a deeply mirrored proof field. The denomination legend TEN DOLLARS arcs along the upper periphery in bold raised Latin lettering, with the engraver's initials HH appearing discreetly in the field. The composition is naturalistic in style, characteristic of the Australian wildlife series issued by the Royal Australian Mint. |
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| Edge | Milled |
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The piedfort format — double the standard thickness using the same dies — originated in medieval France as a way to produce presentation pieces for assay verification and royal gifts. Australia's adoption of it here in 1989 was purely collector-driven, riding the early wave of bullion and premium numismatic programs that the Royal Australian Mint aggressively expanded through the late 1980s. The Kookaburra series itself would not launch as an annual bullion program until 1990; this piece technically predates that series proper.
KM#P1 designation confirms it as the first piedfort in the Royal Australian Mint's modern catalog.