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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait, D-Day 75th Anniversary
| Issuer | Perth Mint, Australia |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | D-DAY 75th ANNIVERSARY P 1944-2019 |
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The 75th anniversary of the Normandy landings fell in 2019, drawing one of the largest gatherings of Allied veterans ever assembled at the beaches — many in their nineties, almost certainly their last such commemoration. Australia's participation in D-Day was modest in direct numbers but included personnel embedded within British and Canadian units, a fact that gives Australian commemorative issues on this subject genuine, if understated, historical grounding.
The aluminium bronze composition matches the circulating dollar specification exactly, meaning examples entered general circulation alongside standard issues rather than being segregated as collectibles from the outset.