1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Macquarie Lighthouse

1 Dollar - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Macquarie Lighthouse) - obverse1 Dollar - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Macquarie Lighthouse) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Australia
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 2018
Value 1 Dollar
1 AUD = USD 0.65
Currency Dollar (1966-date)
Composition Aluminium bronze
Weight 13.8 g
Diameter 30.6 mm
Thickness 3.1 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
160253
References KM# 3485
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

Macquarie Lighthouse Bicentenary

Obverse

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

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA 2018
1 DOLLAR
IRB

Designer: Ian Rank-Broadley

Reverse

Lighthouse with representation of beams of light

Script: Latin

Lettering:
MACQUARIE LIGHTHOUSE BICENTENARY
200
P

Designer: Jennifer McKenna

Edge

Reeded

1 Dollar - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Macquarie Lighthouse) -  obverse

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Mint

P Perth Mint, Australia (1899-date)

Comments

Struck by the Perth Mint but issued exclusively by Australia Post in PNC 27 of 2018. (7,500 Copies)


The original lighthouse was commissioned by the Governor Major General Lachlan Macquarie and first shone out on the 30 November 1818. Convict architect Francis Greenway was given a pardon for his work. The tower was replaced in 1883 and designed to resemble the original by James Barnet.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
2018 P 7 500 BU in PNC

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