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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Australian Kookaburra
| Issuer | Perth Mint |
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| Year | 1999-2000 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1999 P100 - Proof - 708 2000 - BU - 4,790 |
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The Australian Kookaburra series has changed its reverse design annually since 1990, a deliberate Perth Mint policy intended to drive collector demand by ensuring no two years are identical. The 10-dollar kilogram-weight format was introduced to compete directly with established bullion programs from the Royal Canadian Mint and the Austrian Mint, both of whom had already demonstrated strong institutional appetite for oversized silver issues in the late 1980s.
Ian Rank-Broadley's fourth portrait of Elizabeth II, adopted across Australian coinage from 1999, replaced Raphael Maklouf's third effigy — the transition coinciding neatly with this two-year KM span.