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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Australian Kookaburra - Silver Bullion Coin
| Issuer | Perth Mint |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Weight | 311 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Two kookaburras are depicted perched on a bare branch in the central field, rendered in fine detail with their characteristic large heads and stout bills clearly visible; the larger bird stands upright facing left in the foreground while a second, slightly smaller bird is positioned behind and below. The design is framed by a beaded inner border, with the circular legend 'THE AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA 10 OZ 999 SILVER' arcing around the upper periphery, and the date '1999' flanked by raised dots inscribed along the lower portion of the coin. |
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The 1999 date is significant within the Kookaburra series: Perth was simultaneously managing the Y2K-driven silver buying frenzy that briefly spiked global silver demand in late 1998 and 1999, as institutional buyers stockpiled hard assets ahead of the anticipated computer crisis. The 10oz format, introduced to the series earlier in the decade, benefited directly from that demand spike, with allocations selling out faster than in surrounding years.
Ian Rank-Broadley's effigy of Elizabeth II — the fourth portrait — first appeared on Australian coinage in 1999, making this among the earliest issues to carry it.