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30 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Year of the Dog - Silver Bullion Proof
| Issuer | Perth Mint, Australia |
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| Year | 2006 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A Golden Retriever depicted in full profile standing to the left, rendered in fine detail across a large kilo-format flan. The date 2006 and the Chinese character 狗 (Dog) appear above the central motif, referencing the Lunar Year of the Dog in the Chinese zodiac. Below the design, the inscriptions denote the coin's weight and fineness. The mintmark P for the Perth Mint is also present within the legend. |
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Australia's Year of the Dog kilo silver series from Perth targeted the Southeast Asian investment and gift market, where lunar-themed bullion carried genuine cultural weight beyond collector novelty. The 2006 issue marked the first lunar kilo in what would become a long-running format for the mint, and early series pieces have appreciated considerably as complete twelve-coin kilo sets became a collecting benchmark.
Ian Rank-Broadley's fourth portrait of Elizabeth II, introduced in 1998, appears here in its later years of use — Perth would eventually transition to a fifth portrait in 2015.