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Medal - Australian Olympic Team Cauldron Lighter Cathy Freeman

Medal - Australian Olympic Team Cauldron Lighter (Cathy Freeman) - obverseMedal - Australian Olympic Team Cauldron Lighter (Cathy Freeman) - reverse

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Features

Location Australia
Type Commemorative medals › Personality medals
Year 2000
Composition Zinc-aluminium (Coloured Insert)
Weight 5.5 g
Diameter 26.5 mm
Thickness 2 mm
Shape Round (Silver Coloured Metal)
Technique Coloured
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
297997

Commemorative issue

Australian Olympic Team - Lighter of Cauldron

Series: Australian Olympic Medallists 2000

Obverse

Coloured portrait of Cathy Freeman, Australian Olympic Team Lighter of the Cauldron, set in an inner circle.
Text in outer ring.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CATHY FREEMAN
2000 OLYMPIC HERO

Reverse

Australian Flag and Olympic Rings set in an inner circle
Text around.

Script: Latin

Lettering: AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC TEAM

Edge

Plain

Comments

Issued by the Daily Telegraph Newspaper to celebrate the individual Australian athletes and teams that won Gold Medals at the Sydney 2000 Olympics. A special folder was provided to house the set of 20 souvenir medals.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
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