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15 Dollars - Elizabeth II Posthumous, 6th Portrait - Year of the Rabbit - Gold Bullion
| Issuer | Perth Mint |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1966-date) |
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| Obverse description | Sixth and final crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II by engraver Jody Clark, depicting the Queen in right-facing profile wearing the George IV State Diadem and the Victorian Coronation Necklace. The legend encircles the portrait, reading 'ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA' with the designer's initials 'JC' appearing below the truncation. The coin's weight, fineness, and denomination — '1/10oz 9999 Au 15 DOLLARS' — are incorporated into the obverse legend, a convention typical of Australian bullion coinage. The portrait is rendered in fine relief against a mirror-polished or bullion-finish field. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The 2023 Year of the Rabbit issue was among the first Perth Mint releases to carry the posthumous sixth portrait of Elizabeth II by sculptor Gwyneth Harcourt, approved after the Queen's death in September 2022. Several Commonwealth mints scrambled to finalize new obverse dies in time for their lunar new year production schedules, and Perth — with one of the tightest deadlines given the January 22 start of the Year of the Rabbit — was among the earliest adopters of the new effigy at production scale.
The sixth portrait had not appeared on any circulating Australian coinage before this bullion series introduced it.