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50 Cents - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Year of the Pig - Silver Bullion Coin
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2007 |
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| Value | 50 Cents |
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| Obverse description | Fourth crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara, as sculpted by Ian Rank-Broadley. The legend ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 50 CENTS arcs around the upper periphery, with the engraver's initials IRB appearing below the truncation of the bust. The design is executed in high relief against a flat field. |
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| Mintage | 2007 - BU - 32,495 2007 - BU - Colored - 63,224 2007 - Proof - 1,006 2007 - Proof - In 3 Coin Set - 333 |
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Australia's Lunar Series I ran from 1996 through 2007, with the Pig closing out the twelve-year cycle. The Royal Australian Mint produced these in both base-metal and silver versions, the latter aimed squarely at the collector and bullion market that had grown substantially through the 1990s as Chinese-Australian communities embraced the coins as Lunar New Year gifts. The series effectively pioneered the now-crowded field of annual lunar bullion issues from sovereign mints worldwide.
Ian Rank-Broadley's fourth portrait of Elizabeth II, introduced in 1998, makes its final appearance on a Pig coin here before the series concluded.