1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Kangaroo

Features

Issuer Australia
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-date)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 2013
Value 1 Dollar
1.00 AUD = USD 0.70
Currency Dollar (1966-date)
Composition Silver (.999) (Pad Printed)
Weight 31.1035 g
Diameter 40.6 mm
Thickness 4 mm
Shape Other (Map of Australia Shape)
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number N# 79517
Numista type number (https://numista.com)

Commemorative issue

Kangaroo

Series: Australian Map Shaped Coin

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

Ian Rank-Broadley FRBS is a British sculptor who has produced many acclaimed works, among which are several designs for British coinage.

Reverse

Kangaroo set against a coloured background of an idyllic sunset scene of Picnic Rocks in Tasmania

Script: Latin

Lettering:
KANGAROO
1 OZ .999 SILVER
P
2013

Designer: Ing Ing Jong

Ing graduated from Perth’s Central TAFE School of Art and Design in 2006 with an Advanced Diploma in Graphic Design, having specialized in illustration and multimedia. She designed the coins for the Perth Mint in Australia, including the Lunar series in 2013.

Edge

Smooth

Mint

P Perth Mint, Australia

Comments

Issued by the Perth Mint is this unusual silver coin shaped like a map of Australia. It is part of a series of coins shaped this way released from 2012 to 2016.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
2013 P 6 000 BU

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