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1 Dollar - Charles III 1st Portrait - Australian Silver Swan - Coloured
| Issuer | Perth Mint |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1966-date) |
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| Obverse description | Uncrowned effigy of King Charles III facing left, rendered in high relief after the first portrait of the monarch by sculptor Dan Thorne, depicting the King in civilian dress with a suit collar and open neckline. The legend CHARLES III arcs along the upper left field and AUSTRALIA along the upper right, with the denomination 1 DOLLAR inscribed along the lower arc. Two raised pellets flank the lower field as decorative separators, and the engraver's initials DT appear in small incuse lettering below the bust to the right. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The Australian Silver Swan series launched in 2016 as a direct competitor to established annual bullion programs, offering collectors a rotating design format that the Perth Mint has used aggressively to sustain secondary market premiums. The coloured variant is a collector-tier overlay on the standard bullion strike — applied after minting and commanding a markup that has little to do with silver content.
This piece carries Charles III's first portrait by Jody Clark, the same effigy already circulating on British coinage before Elizabeth II's death in September 2022. Perth was among the faster Commonwealth mints to transition the obverse.