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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 3rd Portrait - Howard Florey
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Thickness | 2.5 mm |
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| Reverse description | Forward-facing portrait bust of Sir Howard Florey wearing surgical attire, his spectacled visage rendered in high relief at centre-left of the field. To the right, the denomination numeral 1 above the word DOLLAR is prominently displayed, while the mintmark C appears at the lower left. The curved legend HOWARD FLOREY CENTENARY arcs along the lower periphery, commemorating the centenary of his birth (1898–1968), the Australian-born pathologist instrumental in the development of penicillin as a therapeutic agent. |
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Howard Florey — born in Adelaide in 1898 — shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for developing penicillin into a clinically usable drug, a feat that arguably saved more lives than any other single medical achievement of the 20th century. The Royal Australian Mint issued this dollar in 1998 to mark the centenary of his birth. Florey spent most of his career in Oxford, which created an odd cultural friction: Britain long received the credit his countrymen felt belonged to Australia.