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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Year of the Monkey - Gold Proof
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Engraver(s) | Ian Rank-Broadley |
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| Obverse description | Fourth portrait effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara, as executed by sculptor Ian Rank-Broadley. The legend encircles the upper field, reading ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2016 10 DOLLARS, with the engraver's initials IRB appearing below the truncation of the bust. The design is rendered in high-relief proof finish, with a mirror-like field contrasting against the frosted devices. |
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| Reverse script | Chinese, Latin |
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Australia's Lunar coin program, initiated by the Perth Mint in 1996, prompted the Royal Australian Mint to launch its own competing Lunar series — a point of some institutional rivalry between the two Canberra and Perth operations. The 2016 Monkey issue falls within RAM's smaller-format gold proof subset, struck in quantities deliberately kept low to support secondary market premiums.
The Monkey sits ninth in the twelve-year zodiac cycle RAM was working through at this point.