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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 6th Portrait - QANTAS, Global Airline - Super Constellation
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Technique | Milled, Colored |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a central design within an inner ring rendered in grey, white, and red, depicting a Lockheed Super Constellation aircraft in flight overlaid upon a map illustrating the historic Kangaroo Route. Four additional aircraft in silhouette encircle the outer portion of the inner ring, evoking the era of long-haul aviation. A revised Qantas Flying Kangaroo logo appears within a small circle to the lower right. The legend KANGAROO ROUTE 1920 - 2020 arcs around the upper portion of the ring, with QANTAS inscribed below, and the engraver's initials SMS present in the field. The design commemorates the centenary of the Qantas airline. |
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| Reverse lettering | KANGAROO ROUTE 1920 - 2020 QANTAS SMS |
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QANTAS operated the Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation on its international routes from 1954, using the type to inaugurate the first round-the-world service by an Australian carrier in 1958. The aircraft's distinctive triple-tail and dolphin-shaped fuselage made it immediately recognizable, and crews reportedly considered it the most demanding pressurized airliner of its generation to manage in the air. The pad-printing process used here allows color reproduction impossible through standard coin dies — a technique the Royal Australian Mint has deployed selectively since the early 2000s to support themed collector series.