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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 6th Portrait - Queen Victoria 200th Anniversary
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Engraver(s) | Jody Clark (obverse) |
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| Obverse description | Sixth definitive effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, as sculpted by Jody Clark, portraying Her Majesty wearing the George IV State Diadem and the Victorian Coronation Necklace. The portrait is rendered in a refined medallic style, consistent with the Jody Clark series adopted across Commonwealth coinage from 2015. The encircling legend reads ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2019 1 DOLLAR, with the sculptor's initials JC incused below the truncation of the bust. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2019 1 DOLLAR JC |
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Queen Victoria was born 24 May 1819, making 2019 her precise bicentenary. The Royal Australian Mint has a long habit of marking British royal anniversaries on the dollar — partly a function of Australia's constitutional ties, partly reliable collector demand. This particular issue belongs to a broader commemorative program the RAM ran across 2019, cycling through multiple reverses to mark the occasion.
Victoria's reign saw Australia transition from penal colonies to federated nationhood — she died in January 1901, just days after Federation took effect on the first of that month.