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50 Cents In the name of Elizabeth II, 6th Portrait - Year of the Dragon - Purple
| Issuer | Perth Mint, Australia |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Composition | Silver (.9999) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A vibrantly coloured purple dragon, rendered in detailed relief with gold and blue accents highlighting its scales, claws, and flowing mane, is depicted coiling dynamically above stylised clouds in the centre of the field. The dragon faces left and breathes a luminous pearl accompanied by red and orange flames. To the left of the dragon, the Chinese character '龍' appears above the English inscription 'DRAGON', with the year '2024' below. The Perth Mint's 'P125' mintmark appears at the top of the field. |
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The "6th portrait" designation marks a significant administrative moment: Susanna Blunt's effigy of Charles III replaced the Jody Clark portrait of Elizabeth II on most Commonwealth coinage almost immediately after the September 2022 accession, making any new issue still bearing Elizabeth II's likeness a deliberate retroactive tribute rather than a current circulation type. Perth chose to continue several collector series under her name posthumously, a decision with no real precedent in modern Australian coining history.
The purple colorway is one of several chromatic variants in this Dragon release, a tiered production strategy Perth has refined across its Lunar Series to drive set-collecting behavior. The 2024 dragon is the second in the third Lunar Series cycle, which began in 2020.