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50 Dollars - Elizabeth II Australian Owl
| Issuer | Perth Mint |
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| Year | 2005-2007 |
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| Value | 50 Dollars |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Australian Owl series was part of Perth Mint's broader push in the mid-2000s to diversify its bullion and collector gold offerings beyond the long-running Nugget/Kangaroo program. At 15.554 grams of .9999 fine gold, each piece contains exactly one-half troy ounce — a fraction that positions it squarely between the more liquid quarter- and one-ounce denominations favored by institutional buyers.
Perth's .9999 fineness standard, introduced ahead of most Western mints, gave Australian gold issues a competitive edge in Asian markets where four-nines purity carried meaningful commercial premium.