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| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2000 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 2000 - Proof - 1,236 |
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Issued in 2000 as part of the RAM's State Floral Emblems series, this coin represents Queensland's entry — the Cooktown Orchid, Dendrobium bigibbum, adopted as the state's floral emblem in 1959. The series was timed to coincide with the Sydney Olympics, with each Australian state and territory assigned its own release. Mintages across the gold proofs in this series were extremely low, typically under 500 pieces, making survivors in original packaging the dominant form of survival rather than any circulated attrition.