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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Australian Kookaburra - Hammered Silver King Edward Penny
| Issuer | Perth Mint |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Value | 2 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Fourth portrait effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara, as designed by Ian Rank-Broadley. The legend ELIZABETH II encircles the upper field, with AUSTRALIA and the denomination 2 DOLLARS appearing below, accompanied by the engraver's initials IRB truncated at the neck. The portrait is rendered in fine relief against a frosted or polished field, consistent with specimen-finish presentation coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2 DOLLARS IRB |
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The "Hammered Silver" finish on this piece refers to a surface treatment Perth Mint introduced in the late 1990s to evoke the texture of hand-hammered historic coinage — a deliberate aesthetic nod with no connection to actual hammered minting processes. The King Edward Penny privy mark places this within a collector sub-series commemorating historic British coins, a marketing device Perth used extensively on the Kookaburra program to drive annual demand among thematic collectors.
The two-ounce format was introduced to the Kookaburra series specifically to accommodate premium finishes that would not read well on the standard one-ounce planchet.