1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 6th Portrait - Centenary of Ginger Meggs

1 Dollar - Elizabeth II (6th Portrait - Centenary of Ginger Meggs) - obverse1 Dollar - Elizabeth II (6th Portrait - Centenary of Ginger Meggs) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Australia
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 2021
Value 1 Dollar
1 AUD = USD 0.65
Currency Dollar (1966-date)
Composition Aluminium bronze (92% Copper, 6% Aluminium, 2% Nickel, Pad Printed)
Weight 9 g
Diameter 25 mm
Thickness 2.5 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
296452
References KM# 4092
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

Centenary of Ginger Meggs

Obverse

6th crowned portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the George IV State Diadem and the Victorian Coronation Necklace.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA 2021
JC

Designer: Jody Clark

Reverse

Ginger Meggs holding a cricket bat wearing cricket pads ready to hit the ball. Tony the monkey behind the paper bag used as stumps. A dog to the left and a cat to the right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
Banks
GINGER MEGGS
1DOLLAR
1921

Designer: Jimmy Banks

Edge

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

1 Dollar - Elizabeth II (6th Portrait - Centenary of Ginger Meggs) -  obverse

© Mike Bentley (CC BY-NC)

Mint

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

Comments

Issued in a two coin set by the Royal Australian Mint to commemorate the Centenary of the Ginger Meggs comic strip. A century ago, Sydney artist Jimmy Bancks created an iconic Aussie character, a red-headed boy called Ginger Meggs. Part battler, part larrikin, part philosopher, Ginger Meggs is one of Australia’s most successful cultural figures, ranking alongside Dame Edna, Crocodile Dundee and Blinky Bill. Following Jimmy Bancks' death in 1952, the Ginger Meggs comic strip has been produced by a succession of talented artists, most recently Jason Chatfield since 2007.



Also issued by Australia Post in a PNC 2021 Issue 34, limited to 6,500

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
2021  35 000 $ 10 87% BU in Dual Coincard
2021  6 500 23% BU in PNC

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