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Australia Ram Head

2011-C Proof Ten Dollar reverse 2011-C Proof Ten Dollar obverse

2011-C Proof Ten Dollar

Mintage:2,500
Reverse Designer:Kruger Gray Obverse Designer:Ian Rank-Broadley Size:18mm Weight:3.1g Edge:Reeded Composition:99.99% Gold

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This ten dollar proof piece was struck from 1/10oz of 99.99% pure gold and commemorates the ram shilling design. The iconic design includes a rams head with the legend "AUSTRALIA TEN DOLLARS" with the composition. The obverse features the Ian Rank-Broadley portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II with the legend "ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2009".

The Shilling Ram design was based on the Grant Champion Ram at the 1932 Sydney Sheep show. The ram was described in the Sydney Mail as "...one of the most magnificent Merinos ever seen in Sydney." Artist George Kruger Gray, motivated by the importance of wool to Australian economic history and the magnificence of this ram, designed the reverse of the Australian shilling in its image. The post 1938 ram's head shilling is today one of Australia's most iconic pieces.

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