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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II 3rd Portrait - Kookaburra - Silver - High Relief
| Issuer | Perth Mint, Australia |
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| Year | 1993-1994 |
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| Thickness | 8.7 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Two kookaburras (Dacelo novaeguineae) perch side by side on a naturalistic branch adorned with eucalyptus foliage, rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished field. The birds are depicted in fine feather detail, facing in slightly different directions, conveying a lifelike quality. A small rectangular Perth Mint privy mark featuring a kookaburra appears below the central design. The circular legend arcs around the periphery, accompanied by a beaded border, and the date 1993 appears at the base. |
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The Kookaburra series launched in 1990 as Perth Mint's answer to the Canadian Maple Leaf and American Eagle — a pure silver bullion coin designed to compete in international precious metals markets. By 1993, the program had matured enough to support a high-relief variant of the $10 denomination, which required significantly more striking pressure and die preparation than the standard issue, limiting realistic production runs.
Ian Rank-Broadley's third effigy of Elizabeth II had not yet reached Australian coinage; the portrait used here is Raphael Maklouf's, which served Commonwealth mints from 1985 onward.