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25 Dollars - Elizabeth II 3rd Portrait - Koala - Platinum
| Issuer | Perth Mint |
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| Year | 1995-1996 |
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| Thickness | 1.9 mm |
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| Obverse description | The third effigy of Queen Elizabeth II faces right, diademed and draped, as modelled by Raphael Maklouf. The Queen wears the King George IV State Diadem. The legend around the upper field reads ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA, with the denomination 25 DOLLARS and the designer's initials RDM appearing in the lower field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 25 DOLLARS RDM |
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Australia's platinum koala series launched in 1987, making Perth one of the earliest government mints to issue a bullion platinum coin for international investment markets. The program competed directly with the Canadian Maple Leaf and American Eagle platinum programs, and the fractional denominations — including this quarter-ounce piece — were specifically sized to attract buyers priced out of the one-ounce format. The koala design changes annually, a deliberate policy to encourage year-by-year collecting rather than simple bullion accumulation.
The .9995 fineness fractionally exceeds the .9990 purity of several competing issues — a marketing distinction Perth has maintained across the series.