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50 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Year of the Horse - Gold Bullion Coin
| Issuer | Perth Mint, Australia |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Composition | Gold (.9999) |
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| Reverse description | A dynamic depiction of a horse galloping to the left, rendered in high relief against a textured ground line with stylised rocky outcroppings and auspicious cloud motifs in the background. The Chinese character '馬' (Horse) is prominently displayed within a decorative cartouche at the top of the field. The Perth Mint's 'P' mintmark appears to the left of the horse's foreleg. The legend 'Year of the Horse' is inscribed in Latin script along the lower portion of the field, completing the Lunar Series II design theme. |
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| Mintage | 2014 P - BU - 17,839 2014 P - BU - Colored - 146 |
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The Year of the Horse issue was part of Perth Mint's second Lunar Series, which launched in 2008 after the original series concluded in 2007. The second series introduced a refined artistic approach and tighter production standards, and the half-ounce gold denomination occupies an awkward commercial niche — too small for institutional buyers, too expensive for casual collectors — which has historically kept mintages modest and secondary-market premiums tighter than on the one-ounce issues.
The horse holds particular significance in the Chinese zodiac cycle as the seventh animal, associated with 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, and 2002 before this issue year.