1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Year of the Snake

1 Dollar - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Year of the Snake) - obverse1 Dollar - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Year of the Snake) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Australia
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 2013
Value 1 Dollar
1 AUD = USD 0.66
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#
73013
References KM# 2015
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

Year of the Snake

Series: Lunar Series II

Obverse

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

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA 2013
1 DOLLAR
IRB

Designer: Ian Rank-Broadley

Reverse

Snake inside inner circle with authentic Chinese symbols all in a symetrical design, Chinese character for snake to right

Scripts: Chinese, Latin

Lettering:
2013

YEAR OF THE SNAKE

Translation: 蛇 = Snake

Designer: Vladimir Gottwald

Edge

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

1 Dollar - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Year of the Snake) -  obverse

© Mike Bentley (CC BY-NC)

Mint

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

Comments

In 2007 the RAM launched an on-going series of Aluminium-bronze NCLT 25mm one dollar coins depicting each Lunar year and their representative animals. The series ran until 2018. The "Year of the Snake" was the seventh coin in the series and was issued in a long coincard.



 A Fine Silver (.999) Proof version of the coin was also released in a plush square red box.

The Chinese Zodiac is based on a twelve year cycle, each year being represented by an animal. People born in the "Year of the Snake" may be thought of as sly and cunning, but people born under this sign of the Chinese Zodiac are actually rich in wisdom and charm. They are guided by intuition and have an uncanny talent for judging situations correctly.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
2013  15 053 BU in Coincard

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