5 Dollars - Elizabeth II 3rd Portrait - Hockey

5 Dollars - Elizabeth II (3rd Portrait - Hockey) - obverse5 Dollars - Elizabeth II (3rd Portrait - Hockey) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Australia
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 2000
Value 5 Dollars
5 AUD = USD 3.25
Currency Dollar (1966-date)
Composition Aluminium bronze
Weight 20 g
Diameter 38.74 mm
Thickness 3 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
15213
References KM# 360
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

Hockey

Series: 2000 Summer Olympics, Sydney

Obverse

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

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA 2000
RDM

Designer: Raphael David Maklouf

Reverse

Depiction of a female Hockey player controlling the ball with a Hockey stick. Small Olympic Rings under the Sydney 2000 logo lower right of the coin.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
5 DOLLARS
Sydney 2000

Edge

Milled

5 Dollars - Elizabeth II (3rd Portrait - Hockey) -  obverse

© Mike Bentley (CC BY-NC)

Mints

Perth Mint, Australia (1899-date)
Royal Australian Mint, Canberra, Australia (1965-date)

Comments

This coin was released as a joint collaboration between the Royal Australian Mint and the Perth Mint to celebrate the holding of the XXVII Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia in the year 2000. This is coin 5 in a set of 28 that depict all 28 sports held at the Sydney 2000 Olympics. Coins were all dated 2000 but were released between 1997 and 2000. Some were available separately and some were only available in a set of the full 28 coins in a special album. Interestingly some had the Maklouf Obverse and some had the Rank-Broadly Obverse.



Coin 5 represents Hockey - Although Hockey is now contested by both men and women, originally it belonged to India's men's team, who won 30 matches straight over seven Olympic Games, scoring 197 goals and conceding only 8.

Full metal composition is (Cu 92%, Al 6%, Ni 2%).

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Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 5 Dollars - Elizabeth II (3rd Portrait - Hockey)
Katz
Auction 92
Lot 1796
Internet Archive
15 Aug 2023 USD 6.48
(EUR 6.00)
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