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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - 50th Anniversary Moon Landing
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1966-date) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing, featuring a multi-element composition evoking Australia's pivotal role in the mission. The Honeysuckle Creek radio telescope appears at upper right, while a screen displaying an astronaut and lunar module is depicted at lower left, with technicians seated at a monitoring console at lower right. The denomination ONE DOLLAR appears at upper left, and the commemorative legend 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MOON LANDING is inscribed along the periphery. The initials A and B appear in the field, likely denoting the designers of the reverse composition. |
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| Mint | Royal Australian Mint, Canberra |
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The Apollo 11 anniversary has generated commemorative coinage from mints worldwide, but Australia's connection is more than ceremonial. The Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station in the Australian Capital Territory — less than an hour's drive from the Royal Australian Mint in Canberra — was the facility that received and relayed the first television images of the moonwalk to the world on 21 July 1969. When NASA's Goldstone station in California missed the initial signal, it was Honeysuckle Creek's feed that broadcast Armstrong's first steps to an estimated 600 million viewers.