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Royal Australian Mint [Canberra, Australia]

Australia. Proof 5 Dollars commemorating the Olympic Games at Sydney, 2000 2000

4.04 cm (diameter) | RCIN 446136

Description

1 coin : silver (.999 fine) (oak and jarrah wood box)
Obverse: Diademed bust of Queen Elizabeth II right. ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2000 5 DOLLARS (Obverse effigy by Ian Rank-Broadley)
Reverse: A kookaburra within a border of waratah, Olympic logo below. (Reverse ny Stuart Devlin)

Provenance

Presented by The Hon. Richard Court, Premier of Western Australia, 31 March 2000
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Royal Australian Mint [Canberra, Australia]
(mint)

Search the collection Ian Rank-Broadley (b. 1952)
(sculptor)

Search the collection Stuart Devlin (1931-2018)
(medallist)

Search the collection Australia
(nationality)

Subject(s)

Search the collection View the person page Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1926-2022)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

silver

Measurements

4.04 cm (diameter)
Groupings
Category
Coins, Commemorative Medals and Banknotes
Object type(s)
money
coins
proof coins
commemorative coins
Subject(s)
Places
Oceania
Australia
New South Wales [Australia]
Sydney [New South Wales]
Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Biological sciences
Zoology
Animals
Birds
Passeres
Insessores
Kookaburras
Botany
Systematic botany
Trees
Waratah

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