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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - The Last Anzacs
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 1999-2000 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central depiction of an Australian World War I soldier, colloquially known as a 'Digger', shown in bust or portrait form wearing the distinctive broad-brimmed slouch hat that became an enduring symbol of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. The commemorative legend THE LAST ANZACS arcs above the central motif, with the denomination 1 DOLLAR and a mintmark letter appearing in the lower field. The design pays tribute to the last surviving Anzac veterans of the Gallipoli campaign. |
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Issued to mark the dwindling population of surviving World War I veterans, this coin was struck as the last acknowledged Australian Anzacs were entering their final years. By 1999, fewer than a dozen Australian WWI veterans remained alive. The last, Alec Campbell — who had served at Gallipoli as a 16-year-old — died in May 2002, by which point the coin's subject had effectively passed into pure history.