1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Centenary of Age Pensions

Features

Issuer	Australia
Queen	Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type	Circulating commemorative coins
Year	2009
Value	1 Dollar 1 AUD = USD 0.64
Currency	Dollar (1966-date)
Composition	Aluminium bronze (92% Copper, 6% Aluminium, 2% Nickel)
Weight	9 g
Diameter	25 mm
Thickness	2.5 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 14775
References	KM# 1498 Standard Catalog of World Coins (85 volumes).

Commemorative issue

100th Anniversary of Commonwealth Age Pensions

Obverse

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

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA 2009
IRB

Designer: Ian Rank-Broadley

Reverse

Twelve different people of all ages, two of them with recognisable faces. Those two are elderly and reliant on Pensions.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CENTENARY OF COMMONWEALTH AGE PENSION
1 DOLLAR
SECURITY-SUPPORT-DIGNITY

Designer: Wojciech Pietranik

Edge

7 shorter smooth segments between 7 reeded segments (11 grooves each)

Mint

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

Comments

The RAM released this Commemorative $1 coin into circulation in 2009 to celebrate the Centenary of the Age Pension. In 1908 the Australian Governments' Invalid and Old Aged Pension Act was introduced.

This landmark legislation placed Australia at the forefront of social policy reform. It remains a constant and symbolic commitment to the welfare of others. In 1909 the age pension provided 65,500 aged pensioners with 10 shillings a week. It now supports more than 2 million aging Australians.

The RAM also issued 7,950 Rolls of the coin (Total Coins 159,000)

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
2009	159 000								BU in Roll	0.5%
2009	10 167 950	$ 1.10	$ 1.10	$ 1.20	$ 1.30	$ 1.30	$ 2.00	$ 2.90	Circulation	99%

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