25 Dollars - Elizabeth II 6th Portrait - Australian Coinage Portrait 1998-2019 - Gold Proof
Features
| Country | Australia |
|---|---|
| Queen | Elizabeth II (1952-date) |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
| Year | 2019 |
| Value | 25 Dollars 25.00 AUD = 18 USD |
| Currency | Dollar (1966-date) |
| Composition | Gold (.9999) |
| Weight | 7.7757 g |
| Diameter | 21.69 mm |
| Thickness | 2 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
Commemorative issue
6th Effigy
Obverse
6th crowned portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the George IV State Diadem and the Victorian Coronation Necklace
Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA 2019
JC
Jody Clark is a British engraver employed by the Royal Mint, notable for designing the fifth and latest portrait of Queen Elizabeth II to feature on coins of the pound sterling.Reverse
4th portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara
Lettering:
AUSTRALIAN COINAGE PORTAIT 1998-2019
IRB
TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS
Edge
Reeded
Mint
Royal Australian Mint, Canberra, Australia (1965-date)Comments
Released by the RAM is this NCLT $25 Fine Gold (.999au) coin which commemorates the use of Ian Rank-Broadley's portrait of the Queen used on Australian coins from 1998 to 2019. In Australia and the UK this was widely known as the "4th Portrait". In effect this appears to be a two headed coin because the IRB Obverse has been used on the Reverse of this coin.
Portraits of the Queen used on Australian coins are as follows....
1st Portrait - Mary Gillick - 1953 - 1965
2nd Portrait - Arnold Machin - 1966 -1984
3rd Portrait - Ralph David Makleof - 1985 - 1998
4th Portrait - Ian Rank-Broadley - 1998 - 2019
However there was another Queen Elizabeth portrait used on Australian coins. It was only used on one coin in the year 2000, that was the circulation 50 cent commemorating the Royal Visit of that year. It has a unique portrait done by Vladimir Gotwald, this was actually the 5th portrait.
This is why the new effigy by Jody Clark as depicted on the obverse of this Gold $25 coin, to be used on Australian coins from 2019, is known as the 6th effigy (or 6th Portrait).
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 750 | Proof in case | ||||||||||
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