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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - 60th Anniversary of the Korean War
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Engraver(s) | Ian Rank-Broadley |
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| Reverse description | A stylised dove in flight occupies the central field, symbolising peace, accompanied by the Korean Hangul character 평화 (meaning 'Peace'). The commemorative legend KOREAN WAR is inscribed above, with 60TH ANNIVERSARY and the date range 1953 - 2013 arranged around the lower portion of the design. The composition combines Latin and Korean script elements in a clean, modern graphic style befitting a commemorative issue. |
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| Reverse lettering | KOREAN WAR 평화 60TH ANNIVERSARY · 1953 - 2013 (Translation: 평화 = Peace) |
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Australia committed 17,000 personnel to the Korean War between 1950 and 1957, suffering 340 killed — a casualty rate that made it, per capita, one of the more costly deployments in Australian postwar history. The 60th anniversary issue appeared the same year the armistice itself turned sixty, the conflict having ended in July 1953 without a formal peace treaty, a legal ambiguity that technically persists to the present day.