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1 Dollar - Charles III 1st Portrait - Year of the Horse - Silver Opal
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2026 |
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| Composition | Silver (.9999) |
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| Obverse description | Uncrowned effigy of King Charles III facing left, rendered in high relief against a radiating sunburst background composed of alternating raised rays and arcaded segments. The portrait, designed by Dominic Thomas and initialled 'DT' in the lower field, depicts the King in a mature, bare-headed style. The legend 'CHARLES III AUSTRALIA' arcs across the upper field, while the denomination '1 DOLLAR' appears along the lower rim, flanked by raised dot stops. |
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| Reverse script | Latin/Chinese |
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Australia's lunar series issues have been a reliable commercial vehicle for the RAM since the 1990s, but the opal inlay variants occupy a distinct niche — the stones are sourced domestically, predominantly from South Australian fields, giving the piece a material connection to the country that purely metallic strikes lack. The Year of the Horse falls in the 2026 position of the twelve-year cycle, the same animal year that last appeared in 2014.