The Type II ten cent was issued from 1985 up until 1998 and featured the new Raphael Maklouf portrait of her majesty Queen
Elizabeth II on the obverse, with Stuart Devlin's superb lyrebird design
on the reverse. Devlin's initials (SD) can be found near the foot of
the lyrebird. The series was struck exclusively at the Royal Australian Mint in a cupro-nickel
alloy with an additional silver
proof
produced in 1991 as part of the year's Masterpieces in Silver set.
The initials (SD) of the artist, Stuart Devlin, on a 1988 Ten Cent piece.
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