1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - The Last Anzacs - Silver Proof

1 Dollar - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - The Last Anzacs - Silver Proof) - obverse1 Dollar - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - The Last Anzacs - Silver Proof) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Australia
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 1999
Value 1 Dollar
1 AUD = USD 0.65
Currency Dollar (1966-date)
Composition Silver (.999)
Weight 11.66 g
Diameter 25 mm
Thickness 2.8 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
163000
References KM# 400a
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

The Last Anzacs

Obverse

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

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA 1999
IRB

Designer: Ian Rank-Broadley

Reverse

Image of an Australian Soldier (Nicknamed a "Digger") wearing an iconic Slouch Hat

Script: Latin

Lettering:
THE LAST ANZACS
1 DOLLAR

Designer: Wojciech Pietranik

Edge

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

1 Dollar - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - The Last Anzacs - Silver Proof) -  obverse

© Mike Bentley (CC BY-NC)

Mint

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

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. This is the Fine Silver (.999) proof version of the coin which was released by the RAM in a capsule inside a plush box.



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.

The coin was also available in Aluminium-bronze 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 in Aluminium-bronze with a pre-struck Mintmark as well the 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.

Other Aluminium-bronze releases were a special Twin Pack coincard with the 1999 Year of Older Persons coin included with a "C" Mintmarked Last Anzacs coin and a PNC Australia Post release with a year 2000 dated coin. It had no mintmark.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1999  25 000 $ 36 Cased Proof

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