10 Dollars - Elizabeth II 3rd Portrait - Queensland

10 Dollars - Elizabeth II (3rd Portrait - Queensland) - obverse10 Dollars - Elizabeth II (3rd Portrait - Queensland) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Australia
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 1989
Value 10 Dollars
10 AUD = USD 6.52
Currency Dollar (1966-date)
Composition Silver (.925)
Weight 20 g
Diameter 34 mm
Thickness 2.55 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
38577
References KM# 114
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

Queensland

Series: Australian States Series

Obverse

3rd portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right wearing the King George IV State Diadem

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA 1989
RDM

Designer: Raphael David Maklouf

Reverse

Coat of Arms of Queensland featuring a Red Deer & Brolga, supporting a shield which features the heads of a Bull and a Ram, a Sheaffe of Wheat and Gold rising from a pile of Quartz. Two stalks of Sugarcane surround the State Badge, a Maltese Cross with a centred Crown of St. Edward.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
QUEENSLAND
AUDAX·AT·FIDELIS
10 DOLLARS

Translation: AUDAX·AT·FIDELIS = BOLD BUT FAITHFUL

Designer: Horst Hahne

Edge

Milled

10 Dollars - Elizabeth II (3rd Portrait - Queensland) -  obverse

© Mike Bentley (CC BY-NC)

Mint

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

Comments

Released by the RAM in 1989 to commemorate the founding of State of Queensland is this $10 Sterling Silver Proof (.925) coin. It was released in a capsule in plush beige case.


Uncirculated versions were also released in a Sand coloured Coincard.


This 1989 $10 coin is the fourth of a series which features the coat of arms of the individual States and Territories of the Commonwealth of Australia. The coin features the official Queensland Coat of Arms. This was the very first coat of Arms of all the Australian States.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1989  48 929 $ 16 45% BU in Coincard
1989  48 573 $ 21 61% Proof Cased

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