1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Australia's First Victoria Cross
Features
| Issuer |
Australia
 |
|---|---|
| Queen |
Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
|
| Type | Non-circulating coins |
| Year | 2000 |
| Value | 1 Dollar 1 AUD = USD 0.64 |
| Currency | Dollar (1966-date) |
| Composition | Aluminium bronze (92% Copper, 6% Aluminium, 2% Nickel) |
| Weight | 9 g |
| Diameter | 25 mm |
| Thickness | 2.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 47642 |
| References | KM# 493 Standard Catalog of World Coins (85 volumes). |
Commemorative issue
Australia's First Victoria Cross
Obverse
4th portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara
Script: Latin
Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA 2000
IRB
Designer: Ian Rank-Broadley
Reverse
The "Victoria Cross" medal as issued to Australian Soldiers
Script: Latin
Lettering:
VICTORIA CROSS
ONE DOLLAR
Capt. N. Howse VC 24 July 1900
Designer: Wojciech Pietranik
Edge
7 shorter smooth segments between 7 reeded segments (11 grooves each)
© brismike (CC BY-NC)
Mint
Royal Australian Mint, Canberra, Australia (1965-date)Comments
This NCLT $1 dollar coin was released by the RAM in 2000 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Australia's first Victoria Cross medal for gallantry being awarded to Captain Neville Howse on July 24 1900.
The coin was issued in a tall coincard.
Australia Post also issued the coin in a PNC on 24/7/2000 (48,830 copies).
Howse, born in the UK emigrated to Australia in 1889 and enlisted with the New South Wales Corps Medical Staff and travelled to South Africa to fight in the Boer War. There he managed to carry a wounded man back to safety despite having his horse shot out from under him and being continually shot at while carrying the man.
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 2000 | 49 979 | $ 50 | BU in Coincard | 84% | |||||||||||
| 2000 | 48 830 | $ 65 | BU in PNC | 32% | |||||||||||
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