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3000 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Year of the Ox - Gold Bullion Coin
| Issuer | Perth Mint, Australia |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | A highly detailed rendering of a recumbent ox is depicted in high relief at centre, facing right, resting upon a grassy mound with foliage rendered in the left field background. The Perth Mint's 'P' mintmark appears to the upper left of the central device. The Chinese character 牛 (Ox) is prominently placed in the upper right field. The legend YEAR OF THE OX curves along the lower portion of the field in stylised script, completing the design of this Lunar Series II issue. |
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| Mintage | 2009 P - BU - 79 |
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The 2009 Year of the Ox issue was part of Perth Mint's Lunar Series II, launched that year as a successor to the original Lunar Series I which had run from 1996. The 1-kilogram denomination sits at the top of the series' weight range and was produced in strictly limited numbers — Perth Mint typically caps these at a few hundred pieces worldwide. The Ox holds the second position in the twelve-year Chinese zodiac cycle, and 2009 aligned with a genuine lunisolar Ox year beginning in late January.
The .9999 fineness — four nines — was Perth Mint's standard for this series from the outset, marginally purer than the three-nine gold used by many comparable sovereign programs at the time.