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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II 3rd Portrait - Palm Cockatoo - Silver Proof
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Thickness | 2.55 mm |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the George IV State Diadem, with a pearl drop earring and necklace visible, rendered in Raphael Maklouf's third definitive portrait. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left field and AUSTRALIA along the right, with the date 1993 positioned vertically at lower right. The engraver's initials RDM appear discreetly below the truncation of the bust. The portrait is set against a deeply mirrored proof field, producing strong contrast with the frosted relief. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Palm Cockatoo issue was part of the Royal Australian Mint's Endangered Species series, which ran through the early 1990s and drew on growing domestic concern over habitat loss in Queensland's Cape York Peninsula — the bird's only Australian range. The series was among the first Australian proof programs explicitly tied to conservation advocacy rather than purely numismatic or commemorative rationale.
Ian Rank-Broadley's third portrait of Elizabeth II had not yet replaced the Raphael Maklouf effigy at this point; the third portrait referenced in the catalog designation here is specific to Australian coinage sequencing under the Arnold Machin lineage as adapted locally.