5 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Royal Flying Doctor Service

5 Dollars - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Royal Flying Doctor Service) - obverse5 Dollars - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Royal Flying Doctor Service) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Australia
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 1998
Value 5 Dollars
5 AUD = USD 3.26
Currency Dollar (1966-date)
Composition Bimetallic: aluminium bronze centre in stainless steel ring
Weight 10.6 g
Diameter 28 mm
Thickness 2.4 mm
Shape Icositetragonal (24-sided)
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
10257
References KM# 374
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

70th Anniversary of the Royal Flying Doctor Service

Obverse

4th portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA 1998
IRB

Designer: Ian Rank-Broadley

Reverse

Logo of the Royal Flying doctor Service above a depiction of a very early Royal Flying Doctor Service bi-plane

Script: Latin

Lettering:
70 YEARS OF THE ROYAL FLYING DOCTOR SERVICE
1928-1998
5 DOLLARS

Edge

Smooth 24-sided

5 Dollars - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Royal Flying Doctor Service) -  obverse

© Mike Bentley (CC BY-NC)

Mint

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

Comments

This third NCLT Bi-Metalic coin was struck by the RAM in 1998 and released in a coincard that included a Telstra $2 phonecard.


The coin commemorates 70 Years of the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Australia which commenced in Cloncurry, Queensland in 1928. A different design proof coin exists which can be accessed on the link below.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1998  Photo 49 556 $ 9.80 BU in Coincard

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 5 Dollars - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Royal Flying Doctor Service)
Katz
Auction 77
Lot 278
Internet Archive
11 Feb 2023 UNC USD 9.71
(EUR 9.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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