5 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Sunda Strait
Features
| Issuer |
Australia
 |
|---|---|
| Queen |
Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
|
| Type | Non-circulating coins |
| Year | 2002 |
| Value | 5 Dollars 5 AUD = USD 3.20 |
| 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# 14161 |
| References | KM# 601 Standard Catalog of World Coins (85 volumes). |
Commemorative issue
60th Anniversary of the Battle of Sunda Strait
Obverse
4th portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara
Script: Latin
Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA 2002
IRB
Designer: Ian Rank-Broadley
Reverse
"U.S.S. HOUSTON" written on a bell
Script: Latin
Lettering:
BATTLE OF SUNDA STRAIT
1942 USS HOUSTON HMAS PERTH 2002
5 DOLLARS
U.S.S.
HOUSTON
1930
Designer: Royal Australian Mint
Edge
Smooth 24-sided
© Mike Bentley (CC BY-NC)
Mint
Royal Australian Mint, Canberra, Australia (1965-date)Comments
This is the fifth NCLT Bi-Metalic coin struck by the RAM and released in a coincard in 2002 to Commemorate 60 years since the Battle of Sunda Strait which occurred on 28th of February and 1st of March 1942.
It was available in one coincard that has two different slip cases, one for HMAS Perth and another for U.S.S. Houston.
Front of HMAS Perth Slipcard Front of USS Houston Slipcard Rear of both Slipcards
Front of Both Coincards Rear of both Coincards
The link below will take you to the different design Aluminium-bronze Proof Coin commemorating the same WWII event.
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 2002 | 40 983 | $ 8.50 | BU in Coincard | ||||||||||||
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