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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Peace - End World War II
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Weight | 9 g |
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| Obverse description | The fourth portrait effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, as modelled by Ian Rank-Broadley, faces right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara. The truncation of the bust is bare and naturalistically rendered, with fine detail in the hair and crown. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left field, with AUSTRALIA and the date 2005 continuing along the right. The engraver's initials IRB appear in small relief at the base of the truncation. |
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| Edge | Segmented reeding |
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Issued to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the end of World War II, this dollar was part of a broader Australian commemorative program released in 2005 alongside ceremonies attended by veterans whose numbers were already dwindling sharply. Australia lost over 39,000 service personnel in the conflict — a figure proportionally severe for a nation of its wartime population — and public memory of the Pacific theatre in particular remained rawer here than in many Allied countries.
The Royal Australian Mint struck this as a circulating commemorative, meaning examples did enter general commerce rather than being reserved solely for collector sets.