10 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Hairy Nosed Wombat

10 Dollars - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Hairy Nosed Wombat) - obverse10 Dollars - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Hairy Nosed Wombat) - reverse

Obverse © OL

Features

Issuer Australia
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 1998
Value 10 Dollars
10 AUD = USD 6.52
Currency Dollar (1966-date)
Composition Silver (.925)
Weight 20 g
Diameter 34.1 mm
Thickness 2.9 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
134658
References KM# 397
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

Northern Hairy Nosed Wombat

Series: Australia's Endangered Species

Obverse

4th portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1998
IRB

Designer: Ian Rank-Broadley

Reverse

Wombat in grassland

Script: Latin

Lettering:
10
DOLLARS
NORTHERN HAIRY-NOSED WOMBAT
VG

Designer: Vladimir Gottwald

Edge

Reeded

10 Dollars - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Hairy Nosed Wombat) -  obverse

© Mike Bentley (CC BY-NC)

Mint

Royal Australian Mint, Canberra, Australia (1965-date)

Comments

This coin is part of a series of four Sterling Silver (.925) Proof coins released by the RAM to highlight Australia's Endangered Species.

Once common throughout New South Wales, the Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat's Lasiorhinus krefftii numbers began to decline after European settlement. Between the once strong demand for the soft brown pelt of the stocky animals, and the competition with domestic livestock for the native grasses that made up their diet, the Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat's population was reduced to a scattered collection of colonies, there are thought to be only 65 individual animals alive today.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1998  Photo 24 000 $ 20 Proof

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Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 10 Dollars - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Hairy Nosed Wombat)
Katz
Auction 88
Lot 1692
Internet Archive
28 Jun 2023 UNC USD 33.48
(EUR 31.00)
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