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100 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Year of the Dragon - Gold Bullion Coin
| Issuer | Perth Mint |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Engraver(s) | Ian Rank-Broadley |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 100 DOLLARS IRB |
| Reverse description | A stylised Chinese dragon is depicted in dynamic confrontation with the Pearl of Wisdom at the centre of the field, rendered in high relief with intricate scale and claw detail characteristic of traditional Chinese iconography. The Chinese character 龍 (Dragon) appears to the right of the central device. The date 2000 is inscribed within the field, accompanied by the weight and fineness indicators 1 OZ 9999 GOLD arranged around the lower portion of the design. |
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Issued to coincide with the Lunar New Year falling on February 5, 2000, this coin inaugurated what would become one of the Perth Mint's most commercially successful ongoing series. The Australian Lunar program, launched in 1996, was already established by this point, but the Dragon year consistently produces the highest collector demand of any animal in the twelve-year cycle — a pattern that held for the 1988 and 1976 Dragon years in other markets and has repeated reliably since.
The 2000 date also places this coin at the intersection of the Dragon year and the turn of the millennium, a combination the Mint leveraged heavily in its marketing to Asian buyers, particularly in Hong Kong and Singapore.