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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II 3rd Portrait - Sydney Opera House
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#353 |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1997 - Proof Reverse Frosted in 2 Coin Set - 20,000 |
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The Sydney Opera House took 14 years to build, ran roughly 1,357% over its original budget, and its architect Jørn Utzon resigned in 1966 under government pressure and never returned to see the completed structure. By 1997, when this piece was struck, the building had already become a UNESCO World Heritage listing candidate — formal inscription came in 2007.
The Royal Australian Mint's commemorative silver program in the late 1990s was notably inconsistent in mintage discipline, and KM#353 is not among the more aggressively limited issues of the series.