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100 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Summer Olympics - Gold Proof
| Issuer | Perth Mint, Australia |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Engraver(s) | Ian Rank-Broadley |
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| Reverse description | Central design depicts two figures in close embrace as a gold Olympic medal is being awarded, rendered in frosted relief against a mirror-polished field. Surrounding the central scene is a border of diamond-shaped cartouches, each containing a color pad-printed pictogram representing a different Olympic sport discipline. The word ACHIEVEMENT arcs across the upper portion of the field. At the lower centre, the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games logo with the Olympic rings appears, accompanied by the mint mark P for the Perth Mint. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued by the Perth Mint ahead of the Sydney 2000 Games, this piece belongs to an extensive Olympic commemorative program that the Mint produced under license from the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG). The pad-printing technique — an industrial process borrowed from commercial manufacturing — was applied here to achieve color detail that conventional die-striking cannot produce, making it one of the earlier Australian gold issues to use the method on a proof coin.