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100 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Desert Rose - Gold Bullion Coin
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Thickness | 2.5 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A finely detailed naturalistic depiction of a Desert Rose (Adenium) in bloom, featuring three open flowers with delicately rendered petals and foliage arranged centrally in the field. The denomination '100 DOLLARS' is inscribed in a curved legend along the lower portion of the reverse, with the designer's initials 'HH' appearing to the right. A beaded border frames the entire design. |
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The Desert Rose coin was part of the Royal Australian Mint's early 2000s push into themed gold bullion, positioning itself against the long-dominant Kangaroo series from the Perth Mint. The two mints operated under separate federal mandates, and the RAM's foray into collector bullion was a deliberate attempt to carve out market share in a sector Perth had effectively owned since 1987.
Mintage for this issue was tightly capped, and surviving examples rarely surface in the secondary market in original packaging.