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| Issuer | Perth Mint, Australia |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Value | 200 Dollars |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2oz 9999 Gold 2018 200 DOLLARS IRB |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Part of Perth Mint's Lunar Series II, this two-ounce piece falls in the Year of the Dog — a detail that makes the pairing of dragon and tiger iconography a deliberate departure from the zodiac animal of the year, positioning this as a separate bullion program rather than a standard lunar issue. Perth's two-ounce gold format was introduced to fill the gap between the one-ounce and the kilo, targeting investors who found the larger formats prohibitively illiquid.
The .9999 fineness, rather than the older .999 standard, reflects a refining upgrade Perth implemented in the 1980s that gave it a competitive edge over the South African Krugerrand in purity-sensitive Asian markets.