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200 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Year of the Ox - Gold Bullion Coin
| Issuer | Perth Mint |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Composition | Gold (.9999) |
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| Obverse description | The fourth portrait effigy of Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley occupies the centre of the obverse, depicting the Queen in right-facing profile wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, with finely detailed hair. The engraver's initials 'IRB' appear below the truncation of the neck. The legend 'ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA' arcs around the upper periphery, while the denomination '200 DOLLARS', date '2009', and bullion specifications '2oz 9999 GOLD' are inscribed in the lower field and along the rim. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The 2009 Year of the Ox issue sits in the middle of Perth Mint's long-running Lunar Series II, which launched in 2008 and committed the mint to a full 12-year cycle of animal releases. The Ox holds particular significance in that 1949 — the founding year of the People's Republic of China — was itself an Ox year, a detail not lost on the Chinese collector market that drives demand for this series.
The .9999 fineness was a deliberate commercial decision to undercut the Royal Canadian Mint's .9999 Gold Maple Leaf, which had held a near-monopoly on four-nines gold bullion since 1982.