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15 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Kangaroo - Gold Bullion Coin
| Issuer | Perth Mint, Australia |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1966-date) |
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| Reverse description | A detailed high-relief depiction of a red kangaroo standing upright in a natural outback landscape, facing right, with sparse grasses and arid terrain rendered in the background field. The circular inner border frames the design, with the Perth Mint's 'P' mintmark appearing to the right of the animal. The upper legend arcs AUSTRALIAN KANGAROO, while the lower legend along the exergue reads 2013 1/10 OZ. 9999 GOLD. |
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| Mint | P Perth Mint, Australia(1899-date) |
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Australia's four-nines fine gold standard for Perth Mint bullion issues was adopted ahead of most sovereign mints — the Royal Canadian Mint didn't achieve .9999 purity at scale until the 1980s, and many European mints still haven't matched it for standard bullion. The Kangaroo series itself replaced the Nugget series in 1990 after the word "nugget" caused persistent confusion among international buyers who expected the coins to be irregular in form.
The fourth portrait of Elizabeth II, by Ian Rank-Broadley, was introduced on Australian coinage in 1999.