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3000 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Year of the Snake - Gold Bullion Coin
| Issuer | Perth Mint |
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| Year | 2001 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | A snake is depicted coiled around a tree branch in fine detail, occupying the central field of this large-format one-kilogram gold bullion coin. The Chinese character for Snake (蛇) appears to the right of the central motif, acknowledging the coin's place within the Lunar Series. The date 2001 is inscribed in the lower field, accompanied by the weight and fineness designations 1 KILO and 9999 GOLD arranged within the legend. |
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| Mintage | 2001 - BU - 156 |
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The Perth Mint's 1-kilogram gold issues in this lunar series were produced in strictly limited numbers — the 2001 Year of the Snake being no exception, with a mintage capped at 88 pieces, a figure chosen deliberately for its auspicious associations in Chinese numerology. The bulk of demand came from Southeast Asian collectors and institutional buyers, not domestic Australian ones.
The fourth portrait of Elizabeth II used here, by Ian Rank-Broadley, had been adopted across Australian coinage from 1999 onward following the Royal Mint's own transition.