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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Brolga - Gold Proof
| Issuer | Perth Mint, Australia |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Diameter | 14.1 mm |
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| Obverse description | The fourth portrait effigy of Queen Elizabeth II faces right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara. The legend 'ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 5 DOLLARS' encircles the portrait, with the designer's initials 'IRB' appearing below the bust truncation. The design was executed by Ian Rank-Broadley and is rendered in high-relief proof finish. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Part of Perth Mint's long-running small-gold fauna series, this issue was produced during a period when the mint was aggressively expanding its fractional gold program to capture collector demand driven by gold's climb toward USD $1,000/oz — a threshold it had just breached for the first time in late 2008. The .9999 fineness standard, then relatively uncommon for fractional issues, was a deliberate point of competitive differentiation against the Royal Australian Mint.
The brolga was designated Australia's bird emblem for Queensland, though never formally adopted at the federal level.