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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Year of the Dog - Gold Proof
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2018 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2018 10 DOLLARS IRB |
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| Mintage | 2018 - Proof in Case - 1,500 |
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Australia's lunar coin program, running continuously since 1996, has become one of the more commercially successful bullion-adjacent series in modern minting — but the proof gold issues occupy a separate tier, struck in limited numbers for collector release rather than investment accumulation. The 2018 Dog issue aligns with the Chinese lunisolar calendar year beginning February 16, 2018, a deliberate market orientation toward Chinese-Australian buyers and diaspora collectors that the RAM has leaned into aggressively since the series inception.
At 3.135 grams of .999 gold, this sits just above a tenth-ounce equivalent — a fractional denomination the RAM calibrated for accessible price-point entry into the proof gold market.