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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II 3rd Portrait - Southern Right Whale
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 1996 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The third effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, as designed by Raphael Maklouf, facing right and wearing the King George IV State Diadem, with a draped neckline. The sovereign's portrait is encircled by the legend ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1996, with the initials RDM appearing in the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1996 RDM |
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The Southern Right Whale was hunted to near-extinction by the mid-19th century, with Australian and New Zealand waters among the most heavily worked grounds in the southern hemisphere. By the 1930s the global population had collapsed to perhaps a few hundred individuals. This coin appeared during a period of cautious recovery — Australian waters had been a sanctuary since 1935 — though the species remained formally listed as endangered throughout the 1990s.
The RAM's 1996 wildlife series drew on growing domestic conservation politics following the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio.