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15 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Year of the Horse - `Listen to the Night` - Gold
| Issuer | Perth Mint, Australia |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a colourised depiction of a white horse standing in profile facing left, rendered in a refined East Asian artistic style evoking traditional Chinese painting. In the upper right field, a stylised golden cloud motif is incused against the mirror field. To the lower left, the Chinese character '馬' (horse) is prominently displayed in a seal-script cartouche. The Perth Mint's 'P' mintmark appears at lower centre, just below the horse's body. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The "Listen to the Night" horse lunars from Perth's 2014 program belong to the second iteration of the mint's 12-year lunar cycle, which began again in 2008 after the original series concluded in 2007. The .9999 fineness — fine gold rather than the .999 used in many comparable issues — was a deliberate product distinction Perth adopted to position its lunar coins against the Royal Canadian Mint's Maple Leaf. At 3.111 grams, the piece corresponds to one-tenth troy ounce.
Mintage for the $15 denomination in this year was capped at 30,000 — modest by bullion standards, tight enough that secondary market premiums have held.