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25 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Kangaroo Gold Nugget
| Issuer | The Perth Mint |
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| Year | 1999-2000 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1966-date) |
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| Reverse description | A kangaroo with joey leaping to the right is depicted in high relief at the centre of the field, set against a radiant sunburst pattern that emanates from behind the motif. The peripheral legend THE AUSTRALIAN NUGGET arcs around the left and lower field, with 1/4 OZ. and .9999 GOLD positioned to the right. The date 2000 appears in the lower exergual area. On the Hanover Privy Mark variety, a small oval privy mark inscribed EXPO 2000 HANNOVER is applied to the left of the kangaroo. A beaded border encircles the design. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Kangaroo Gold Nugget series launched in 1986 as Australia's answer to the Krugerrand and Maple Leaf, with the Perth Mint deliberately committing to an annually changing reverse design — a decision that transformed what could have been a straightforward bullion program into something collectors were compelled to track year by year. The 1999–2000 issue falls at the transition point of two fiscal years, a dating convention the Perth Mint adopted to align with Australia's July–December financial calendar rather than the standard calendar year.
Ian Rank-Broadley's fourth portrait of Elizabeth II, introduced across Commonwealth coinage in 1998, appears here for only its second year on this series.