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50 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Kangaroo - Gold Bullion Coin
| Issuer | Perth Mint, Australia |
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| Year | 2002-2003 |
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| Engraver(s) | Ian Rank-Broadley |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | THE AUSTRALIAN NUGGET 1/2 oz. 9999 GOLD 2003 |
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Australia's four-nines gold bullion program was a deliberate commercial challenge to the South African Krugerrand and the Canadian Maple Leaf, both of which had dominated institutional bullion markets for decades. The Perth Mint, operating under a Western Australian government guarantee rather than the federal Reserve Bank, positioned its purity standard as a selling point at a time when .999 fineness was still the more common benchmark. The 2002–2003 date range reflects the transition period during which the fourth portrait of Elizabeth II, sculpted by Ian Rank-Broadley, was being phased across the full Australian coinage series.