Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
10 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Koala - Silver Bullion Coin
| Issuer | Perth Mint |
|---|---|
| Year | 2011 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Dollar (1966-date) |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 10 DOLLARS IRB |
| Reverse description | Two koalas — an adult and a juvenile — are depicted in high relief, clinging to eucalyptus branches and facing one another in a naturalistic composition that fills the central field. The animals are rendered with fine detail in their fur texture and facial features, set against a frosted background. The legend AUSTRALIAN KOALA arcs across the upper field within a recessed border. Along the lower portion of the field, the inscription 2011 10oz 999 SILVER is incused in a straight line, with the Perth Mint privy mark P and the initials EM appearing to the right. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Australia's silver Koala bullion series, launched by the Perth Mint in 1987, carries an annually changing reverse design — a deliberate policy to drive collector demand alongside bullion value, borrowing the strategy that had already proven successful with the Kookaburra series. The 10-dollar face value is nominal; it bears no relationship to silver content or market price and exists solely to satisfy legal tender requirements under Australian law.
The 2011 ten-ounce issue was produced in a mintage-limited run, consistent with Perth's broader approach of constraining supply on larger-denomination Koala pieces to maintain secondary market premiums.