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25 Cents - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Year of the Rooster - Silver Bullion Coin
| Issuer | Perth Mint |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Engraver(s) | Ian Rank-Broadley |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a vivid pad-printed coloured design depicting a proud rooster and a hen accompanied by three golden chicks in the foreground, set against a minted background of stylised foliage including bamboo and leafy branches. The rooster is rendered in brilliant iridescent teal, green, and orange plumage. The Chinese character 雞 (Rooster) appears in the upper left field, with the Perth Mint's P mintmark below it. The curved inscription YEAR OF THE ROOSTER runs along the lower portion of the design. |
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| Mint | P Perth Mint, Australia(1899-date) |
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The "4th portrait" designation places this squarely within the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy period, used on Australian coinage from 1998 until Jody Clark's fifth portrait was phased in from 2019. Perth's lunar bullion program, running continuously since 1996, assigns each year's animal a fixed spot in the twelve-year cycle — the Rooster year having previously appeared in 2005, meaning collectors building complete sets must source two distinct series.
The pad-printed color application is a post-strike process developed by Perth specifically for this program, applied after the coin clears quality inspection.