1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Dinosaur - Minmi

Features

Country	Australia
Queen	Elizabeth II (1952-date)
Type	Non-circulating coin
Year	2015
Value	1 Dollar 1.00 AUD = 0.77 USD
Currency	Dollar (1966-date)
Composition	Silver (.999) (Pad printed)
Weight	31.135 g
Diameter	40.6 mm
Thickness	4 mm
Shape	Round
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑

Commemorative issue

Australian Age of Dinosaurs

Obverse

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

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA 2015
1 DOLLAR
IRB

Engraver: Ian Rank-Broadley

Reverse

Depiction of the Australian dinosaur Minmi paravertebra set against colourful prehistoric vegetation. P mint mark and the designer's initials (TV) are also on the coin.

Lettering:
Minmi
P
TV
1oz 999 Silver

Engraver: Tom Vaughan

Edge

Continuous reeding.

Mint

P	Perth Mint, Australia

Comments

Minmi is a genus of small armoured dinosaur that lived during the Cretaceous Period. The first fossils of this animal were discovered in 1964 at Minmi Crossing near Roma, Queensland by a local resident and collected by vertebrate palaeontologist Dr Alan Bartholomai for the Queensland Museum.
Fourth of a five coin set.

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Date	Mintage		VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
2015 P	1,640										Proof

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