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8 Dollars - Elizabeth II 6th Portrait - Australian Silver Swan - 5oz High Relief Proof
| Issuer | Perth Mint, Australia |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Value | 8 Dollars |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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| Mintage | 2019 P - Proof - 500 |
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The Australian Silver Swan series launched in 2016 as a direct competitor to established bullion programs, but the 5oz high-relief proof variant occupies a different commercial niche entirely — produced in strictly limited numbers for the collector market rather than the bullion trade. High-relief strikes of this size require multiple die passes under significantly greater pressure, which is why Perth limits annual mintage on these pieces far below the standard bullion swan releases.
The black swan itself is native to Western Australia, making it a pointed regional symbol rather than a generic national one — Western Australia's colonial flag incorporated it as early as 1875.