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Australia The Past

1999 Proof Ten Dollar reverse 1999 Proof Ten Dollar obverse

1999 Proof Ten Dollar

Mintage:20,000
Reverse Designer:Peter Soobik Obverse Designer:Ian Rank Broadley Size:39mm Weight:20g Edge:Reeded Composition:60% Copper
40% Silver

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This ten dollar proof coin was the first in one of the most beautiful and popular collectors sets, issued by the Royal Australian Mint. The set is entitled The Millennium Series and this coin is called The Past. The three coins that complete the set were released progressively between the years of 1999-2001 in celebration of entering into the new Millennium. The design of the coins incorporates Australia's perspective as a nation of this much anticipated, celebrated and once in a life time event. The additional two coins that complete the set are named The Present and The Future and all are bi-metallic coins with different variations of metal composition.

This coin, The Past has a copper core with a sterling silver outer ring. The reverse of all three coins was designed by competition winner, Australian Peter Soobik. It features a single flower against the map of Australia. This image is over lapping a circle, which has lines coming out as if to represent the rays of the sun, which is currently hidden behind Australia. There are people interspersed between links of a chain around the outer ring. The legends on the reverse, which was sculpted by Wojciech Pietranik include THE PAST written above the main image and THE MILLENNIUM SERIES written bellow. There is also the denomination 10 DOLLARS The designs of each of the three coins compliment each other and represent the growing nation of Australia through the symbolic flower and later a tree. The obverse features the Ian Rank-Broadley portrait of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the legend ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1999.

The design of the coins of the Millennium Series was the result of a competition set by the Royal Australian Mint to design students, graduates and teachers. The winner was Peter Soobik of New South Wales who created this design, Which creatively represents the growth of Australia and celebrates the transition into the 21st century. (Royal Australian Mint, 1999) Each of the coins feature the map of Australia in the centre, a sun rising from behind in different positions and a flower or tree in the foreground. On The Past the sun is hidden and a flower stands solitary. Progress to The Present and a golden circular sun is on the horizon, shining onto what has now become a young yet healthy tree with numerous branches standing tall and strong. In The Future the sun has risen to its highest and the tree is larger than ever. The design of course represents Australia as a growing nation that continues to develop and strengthen. With a limited mintage of just 20,000 per coin, the Millennium Series is one of the most popular sets issued by the RAM.

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