1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 6th Portrait - England to Australia - G-EAOU

Features

Commemorative issue

Centenary of First ENGLAND to AUSTRALIA Flight

Obverse

6th portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II facing right wearing the King George IV State Diadem and the Victorian Coronation Necklace

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA 2010
1 DOLLAR
JC

Designer: Jody Clark

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

The coin portrays a representation of the Vickers aircraft that made the harrowing expedition and a map of the flight path.

Lettering:
CENTENARY OF THE FIRST FLIGHT
P JM
ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA

Designer: Jennifer McKenna

Edge

Continuous reeding

© Mike Bentley

Mint

Comments

Issued by Australia Post on 1st October 2019 and limited to 9,000 copies is this PNC commemorating the groundbreaking achievement of the first flight from England to Australia, this coin portrays a representation of the open cockpit Vickers ‘Vimy’ aircraft that made the 17,000-kilometre journey in 1919.

An Australian crew comprising Captain Ross Smith, his brother Lieutenant Keith Smith, Sergeant Wally Shiers and Sergeant James Bennett navigated the converted ex-WWI bomber from London to Darwin within 28 days, landing on December 10.

See also

• Map
• Plane

• 1 Dollar - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - The Great Air Race - Vickers Vimy)

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