1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 3rd Portrait - Landcare Australia

Features

Country	Australia
Queen	Elizabeth II (1952-date)
Type	Circulating commemorative coin
Year	1993
Value	1 Dollar 1.00 AUD = 0.67 USD
Currency	Dollar (1966-date)
Composition	Aluminium-bronze
Weight	9 g
Diameter	25 mm
Thickness	2.5 mm
Shape	Round
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
References	KM# 208, Standard Catalog of World Coins by George S. Cuhaj (Krause Publications) Schön# 210 Weltmünzkatalog by Gerhard Schön, Günter Schön (Battenberg Gietl Verlag)

Commemorative issue

Landcare Australia

Obverse

3rd portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right wearing the King George IV State Diadem

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1993
RDM

Engraver: Raphael David Maklouf

Reverse

Depiction of a tree on the left formed from undulating bands to signify water. To the right the Landcare Australia logo of clasping hands forming a map of Australia.

Lettering:
G
LANDCARE
AUSTRALIA
1 DOLLAR

Engraver: Vladimir Gottwald

Edge

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

Comments

In an effort to promote care of the environment and natural resources the Australian government initiated the Landcare program. In 1993 in support of this initiative the RAM released the Landcare commemorative dollar. Two different lastic folders were used to distribute the coin.

Initially intended as a collector only coin a shortage of dollar coins in circulation resulted in the RAM using the Landcare dollar dies (minus a mintmark), minting nearly 20 million of the coins for release into circulation.

The coin was also included in the annual Uncirculated Set and Proof Set & in the very first Baby Mint Set.
The coin was also released with a "C" mintmark at the Public Press in Canberra, and "M" & "S" Mintmarks on a mobile press at Royal Shows in Melbourne & Sydney. A special "Water is Life" BBC Hardware Coincard was issued also.

Two different silver proof versions of the coin were released in capsules in plush boxes with different edging.

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Year	Mintage	F	VF	XF	UNC	Frequency
1993	18,200,000	0.96	1.08	2.60	3.85	96%	Circulation
1993	40,255					1.4%	Proof Year set
1993						0.4%	UNC Card Issue - BBC Hardware
1993	27,000					0.09%	UNC Gumnut Baby Set
1993	86,068					0.4%	UNC Year Set
1993 C	228,664					4%	Canberra Mintmark (Gallery Press)
1993 M	67,185					3%	Melbourne Mintmark (Royal Melbourne Show)
1993 S	119,373					4%	Sydney Mintmark (Royal Sydney Show)

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