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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Australian Coinage - Silver Proof
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2010 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features the right-facing effigies of the four British monarchs who appeared on Australian pre-decimal coinage, arranged in chronological sequence from right to left: Edward VII, George V, George VI, and Queen Elizabeth II. The legend ONE DOLLAR arcs along the upper field, while the commemorative inscription 100 YEARS OF AUSTRALIAN COINAGE appears in the lower field, with a mint mark privy and the denomination indicator C completing the design. The composition celebrates the centenary of Australian coinage, with each royal portrait rendered in fine proof detail within the coin's field. |
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The fourth portrait of Elizabeth II, by Ian Rank-Broadley, was introduced across Commonwealth coinage from 1998 onward, but the Royal Australian Mint was notably deliberate in its adoption and produced a range of proof iterations tying the effigy to specifically Australian reverse programs well into the 2010s. This 2010 silver proof dollar falls within that output — a year in which the RAM expanded its collector series substantially, partly in response to strong demand from the Asia-Pacific market following the 2008 financial downturn driving safe-haven interest in silver.
KM#1495a distinguishes this piece from its base-metal circulation counterpart by composition alone, a cataloguing approach that understates how differently the two were produced and distributed.