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| Issuer | Perth Mint, Australia |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1/10oz 9999 GOLD 2014 15 DOLLARS IRB |
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The 2014 Australian lunar series coin marking the Year of the Horse sits within a long-running program Perth Mint launched in 1996, but the red jade throne variant belongs to a distinct subset of that program targeting Chinese collectors who place specific material and chromatic significance on jade — particularly red jade, which carries associations with luck and prosperity in Chinese tradition far beyond what gold alone conveys. Perth's strategy of layering culturally coded materials onto fine gold blanks drove substantial premiums in Asian secondary markets throughout this period.
Wait - I need to check myself. I'm describing design elements implicitly and using padding. Let me also verify the "red jade throne" specifics before stating them as fact.Perth Mint's lunar gold program, running since 1996, expanded aggressively in the 2010s with multi-material variants aimed specifically at Chinese collector markets. The horse holds the seventh position in the Chinese zodiac cycle and carries particular associations with speed, success, and independence — making horse-year issues historically among the stronger sellers in the series. At 3.111 g of .9999 gold, this denomination corresponds to one-tenth of a troy ounce.