1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - The Last Anzacs
© Mike Bentley
Features
| Country | Australia |
|---|---|
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
| Years | 1999-2000 |
| Value | 1 Dollar 1.00 AUD = 0.69 USD |
| Composition | Aluminium-bronze |
| Weight | 9 g |
| Diameter | 25 mm |
| Thickness | 2.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| References | KM# 400 Standard Catalog of World Coins by George S. Cuhaj (Krause Publications) |
Commemorative issue
The Last Anzacs
Obverse
4th portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara
Lettering:
ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1999
IRB
Reverse
Image of an Australian Soldier (Nicknamed a "Digger") wearing an iconic Slouch Hat
Lettering:
THE LAST ANZACS
1 DOLLAR
Edge
7 shorter smooth segments between 7 reeded segments (11 grooves each)
© Mike Bentley
Comments
To acknowledge the sacrifice and valour of the landings of Australian and New Zealand troops at Gallipoli in 1915 the RAM released this NCLT Last ANZACS dollar coin in 1999. By 1999 even a boy who had lied about his age to join the army at 15 or 16 would be 100, and sadly, veterans of Gallipoli were very few indeed.
This was the first Aluminium-bronze $1 coin to introduce the Ian Rank-Broadley 4th Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on its obverse.
The coin was available as a MYO (Mint Your Own) coin with a "C" Mintmark in the visitor gallery of the Royal Australian Mint and came with a small coincard to house it.
It was also available with a pre-struck Mintmark as well the ones done on Mobile Press at various Royal Shows as follows:- Sydney - "S" Mintmark, Brisbane - "B" Mintmark, Melbourne - "M" Mintmark, Adelaide - "A" Mintmark - All issued in a foldable light green coincard.
A special Twin Pack coincard was issued with the 1999 Year of Older Persons coin included with a "C" Mintmarked Last Anzacs coin. (See Link Below)
A PNC was released by Australia Post with a year 2000 dated coin. It had no mintmark.
A Fine Silver (.999) proof version of the coin was also released by the RAM in a capsule inside a plush box.
See also
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| Year | Mintage | G | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 A | 28,681 | Adelaide Mintmark (Royal Adelaide Show) | |||||||||
| 1999 B | 33,634 | Brisbane Mintmark (Royal Brisbane Show) | |||||||||
| 1999 C | 126,161 | Canberra Mintmark (Gallery Press) | |||||||||
| 1999 C | 33,922 | Canberra Mintmark (In Twin Pack) | |||||||||
| 1999 M | 49,841 | Melbourne Mintmark (Royal Melbourne Show) | |||||||||
| 1999 S | 53,286 | Sydney Mintmark (Royal Sydney Show) | |||||||||
| 2000 | 47,830 | PNC Issue (No Mintmark) | |||||||||
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