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1 Dollar - Charles III 1st Portrait - Australian Brumby - Coloured
| Issuer | Perth Mint, Australia |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Engraver(s) | Dominic Tassell (obverse); AH (reverse) |
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| Obverse description | Uncrowned effigy of King Charles III facing left, rendered in high relief with fine detail in the hair and collar of his suit jacket, after the portrait by sculptor Dominic Tassell. The legend CHARLES III arcs along the upper left field, with AUSTRALIA continuing along the upper right. Two raised dots flank the lower field, where the denomination 1 DOLLAR is inscribed along the bottom arc. The engraver's initials DT appear incuse at the lower right of the portrait truncation. |
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| Obverse lettering | · CHARLES III AUSTRALIA · 1 DOLLAR DT |
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The Australian brumby occupies an uncomfortable place in national mythology — beloved as a symbol of frontier independence, yet officially classified as a pest species under federal environmental law. The tension between those two readings has never been resolved, and probably never will be. Perth Mint has leaned into the romantic reading here, which is the commercially sensible position given the coin's target audience.
Charles III's first portrait on Australian coinage, sculpted by Jody Clark, entered circulation following the death of Elizabeth II in September 2022 — ending a 70-year portraiture run.