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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - MOR - 10 cent obverse die mule
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1966-date) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears the fourth portrait effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, engraved by Ian Rank-Broadley, with the Queen wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara. This face was struck using the obverse die of the Australian 10 cent coin (KM#402), making this a mule variety. The surrounding legend reads ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2000, with the designer's initials IRB truncated below the portrait. |
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| Mintage | 2000 - Mule (Estimated Mintage) - 6,000 |
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One of the most dramatic mint errors in modern Australian coinage, this mule pairs the obverse die of a 10-cent piece with the reverse of the standard dollar, producing a coin with a noticeably smaller portrait than intended. The Royal Australian Mint confirmed the error resulted from a die mix-up during the 2000 "Mind Over Matter" (MOM) commemorative dollar run — a motivational series released through supermarket register change. Approximately 5,000 examples are believed to have entered circulation before the error was caught, nearly all through Woolworths checkout tills in Queensland.