The obverse
Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Queen Elizabeth II
The obverse carries the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, together with Australia, the 2007 date and the AUD $1 denomination. The 2010 animal year appears on the reverse.
The 2010 issue
2010 Year of the Tiger
This standard Brilliant Uncirculated coin is issue 12 of 12 in the silver chronology and represents zodiac position 3; all twelve animals are present in the completed offset cycle.
Its reverse depicts a standing tiger on rocky ground. The reverse designer is not conclusively attributed in the sources listed below.
The official final mintage is 56,077. This mint-to-order issue has no published fixed maximum.
- Silver / zodiac position
- Silver issue 12 of 12 · zodiac 3 of 12
- Obverse portrait
- Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Queen Elizabeth II
- Mintage record
- 56,077 declared · mint-to-order
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Cultural context
The Tiger in the Lunar Series I order
The Tiger is third in zodiac order but closes the Series I silver chronology as its twelfth standard one-ounce issue.
- Sequence position
- 12 / 12
- Animal-year
- 2010 · Tiger
- Issue type
- Standard 1 oz silver bullion
Design story
The 2010 reverse: A standing tiger on rocky ground
The annual reverse presents a standing tiger on rocky ground. The reverse designer is not conclusively attributed in the sources listed below.
The reverse
A standing tiger on rocky ground
The reverse depicts a standing tiger on rocky ground. Final dual-dated completion coin: produced in 2007 with a 2007 obverse and a 2010 Tiger reverse.
Full specifications
At a glance
Available dimensions, artists and issue details for this annual coin are listed below.
- Denomination
- AUD $1
- Silver content
- 1 troy ounce
- Fineness
- .999
- Metal
- Silver
- Diameter
- 40.6 mm
- Thickness
- 4 mm
- Finish
- Brilliant Uncirculated (BU)
- Authentication
- Not documented in the listed item-level sources
- Legal-tender country
- Australia
- Mint
- The Perth Mint
- Obverse portrait
- Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Queen Elizabeth II
- Obverse artist
- Ian Rank-Broadley
Mintage & issue
56,077
DeclaredThe declared total is the published final number for this mint-to-order issue; no fixed maximum was published.
- Declared mintage
- 56,077
- Issue status
- Declared
- Source date
- 2026-08-14
This year in the series
See the design in sequence
Compare this coin with the annual designs immediately around it.
Sources
References for this annual coin
The references below cover the coin's specifications, design, mintage and annual context.
Only the standard 1 oz .999 silver Brilliant Uncirculated bullion coin is included. Gold Series I began in 1996 and is not the silver chronology. Other weights, proofs, coloured, gilded, privy, presentation and graded products remain separate.
- The Australian Lunar Silver Bullion Coin (Series One) 1999–2010The Perth Mint · 2026-08-14
- 2010 Australia 1 oz Silver Year of the Tiger BU (Series I)APMEX · 2026-08-14
Image credit
Obverse and reverse images: APMEX · 2010 standard 1 oz BU coin.