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50 Cents - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Year of the Monkey - Colored
| Issuer | Perth Mint, Australia |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Value | 50 Cents |
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| Obverse description | The fourth portrait effigy of Queen Elizabeth II faces right, depicted wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, as rendered by Ian Rank-Broadley. The sovereign's name appears in the surrounding legend along with the issuing country, silver fineness, weight specification, date, and denomination. The initials IRB appear below the truncation, attributing the portrait to its sculptor. |
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| Reverse description | Two colourised monkeys are depicted seated on a fruiting branch, rendered in vivid pad-printed colour applied over the struck silver field. Above the central design, the Chinese character for monkey (猴) is inscribed. The Perth Mint's distinctive 'P' mintmark appears to the left of the primary inscription, identifying the coin as part of the Lunar Series. The overall composition is framed within the coin's circular field with the series title inscription below. |
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Australia's lunar coin program, administered by the Perth Mint independently of the Royal Australian Mint, has run continuously since 1996 — meaning this 2016 monkey issue falls within the second full twelve-year cycle. The pad-printing process used for the color application is applied post-strike, with a polymer-based ink layer that sits above the coin's surface rather than being integral to it.