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

Features

Issuer Australia
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-date)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 1998
Value 10 Dollars
10.00 AUD = USD 7.15
Currency Dollar (1966-date)
Composition Silver (.925)
Weight 40 g
Diameter 34 mm
Thickness 5.1 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number N# 199306
Numista type number (https://numista.com)
References KM# P10
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA.
And 4 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

Hairy Nosed Wombat - Piedfort

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

Engraver: Ian Rank-Broadley

Ian Rank-Broadley FRBS is a British sculptor who has produced many acclaimed works, among which are several designs for British coinage.

Reverse

Wombat in grassland

Script: Latin

Lettering:
VG
10
DOLLARS
NORTHERN HAIRY-NOSED WOMBAT

Engraver: Vladimir Gottwald

Vladimir Gottwald was a member of the Royal Australian Mint's Design and Engraving Section. His portrait, designed following the British Royal Mint's invitation for a new effigy in 1996, was among the three designs submitted to Her Majesty for approval. Although Rank-Broadley's design was eventually chosen, Gottwald's design was approved for a once only use to commemorate the Royal Visit in 2000.

Edge

Reeded

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

© Mike Bentley

Mint

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

Comments

This coin is a piedfort version of KM#397.1 and 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  14 000 Proof - Piedfort

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