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8 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Year of the Monkey - Silver Bullion Coin
| Issuer | Perth Mint, Australia |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Value | 8 Dollars |
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| Reverse description | Two macaque monkeys are depicted in high relief seated on a tree branch, with the larger monkey on the left facing right and a smaller monkey on the right facing left, as if interacting. The Chinese character for 'Monkey' (猴) appears prominently above the central design in the upper field. The Perth Mint 'P' mintmark is situated to the lower left of the design, and the inscribed legend 'Year of the Monkey' curves along the lower rim. The design is part of the Perth Mint's ongoing Lunar Series II program. |
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| Mint | Perth Mint, Australia (1899-date) |
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The Perth Mint's lunar series has run in two distinct twelve-year cycles, and this piece falls in the second. The Year of the Monkey sits at the ninth position in the Chinese zodiac cycle, and the 2016 date places it squarely in a period when Chinese demand for allocated bullion product was driving Australian silver output to record volumes — the Perth Mint reported unprecedented forward orders for lunar issues that year.
The dual KM reference reflects two distinct catalogue entries, almost certainly corresponding to a standard strike and a proof or specimen finish variant sharing the same specifications.