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1000 Dollars - Elizabeth II 3rd Portrait - Koala - Platinum
| Issuer | The Perth Mint |
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| Year | 1992-1997 |
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| Value | 1000 Dollars |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Australia's platinum Koala series launched in 1987, making Perth one of the earliest sovereign mints to issue a dedicated platinum bullion program in direct competition with the Canadian Maple Leaf and the American Platinum Eagle, which didn't arrive until 1997. The one-kilogram denomination occupied the extreme top of the range, produced in strictly limited quantities each year and sold primarily to institutional investors and high-net-worth collectors in Asian markets, particularly Japan, where Perth actively cultivated distribution partnerships through the late 1980s and 1990s.
The koala design changes annually — a deliberate marketing decision to drive year-on-year collector demand rather than issuing a static design.