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200 Dollars - Elizabeth II 3rd Portrait - Tasmanian Devil - Gold Bullion Coin
| Issuer | Perth Mint |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#262 |
| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II in the third portrait, as modelled by Raphael David Maklouf, wearing the George IV State Diadem. The sovereign is depicted with a draped bust, and the legend encircles the effigy along the periphery of the field. The date and engraver's initials RDM appear alongside the issuer name. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1994 RDM |
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Australia's gold bullion program expanded aggressively in the early 1990s, with Perth Mint introducing the Nugget/Kangaroo series alongside a rotating cast of native fauna issues. The Tasmanian Devil appeared on bullion coinage during a period when the species was still decades away from the facial tumor disease that would later devastate wild populations — an irony that gives older specimens a certain documentary weight among natural history collectors.
The .917 fineness places this outside the purity bracket of most modern bullion coins, following instead the historic crown gold standard.