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50 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Year of the Mouse - Gold Bullion Coin
| Issuer | Perth Mint |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Composition | Gold (.9999) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, as sculpted by Ian Rank-Broadley for the fourth definitive portrait. The bust is mature and unadorned save for the tiara and a small earring, rendered in fine relief against a polished field. The legend ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA arcs along the upper periphery, while the weight, fineness, date, and denomination — 1/2oz 9999 GOLD 2008 50 DOLLARS — are distributed along the lower and lateral fields. The engraver's initials IRB appear truncated below the portrait. |
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| Reverse description | A highly detailed, naturalistic depiction of a mouse crouching in profile, facing left, rendered in fine sculptural relief at the centre of the field. Stylised bamboo leaves drape elegantly from the upper portion of the design, providing a traditional East Asian compositional backdrop. The Chinese character 鼠 (mouse/rat) appears in the upper right field within a decorative seal-style cartouche. The legend YEAR OF THE MOUSE is inscribed in Roman script along the lower periphery in an italic serif font. The Perth Mint's P mintmark is visible to the left side of the field near the inner border. |
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| Mintage | 2008 P - BU - 3,474 2008 P - BU - Colored - 1,372 |
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