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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Battle of Balaklava
| Issuer | Perth Mint, Australia |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, wearing a diamond diadem and pearl drop earrings with a pearl necklace, her hair elaborately coiffed. The engraver's initials 'RDM' appear below the truncation. The legend 'QUEEN ELIZABETH II' arcs along the upper field, with '1 DOLLAR', 'TUVALU', and '2009' distributed around the lower field in a mirrored arrangement flanking the portrait. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Balaklava, October 25, 1854: the Light Brigade's charge into Russian artillery killed or wounded roughly 40% of the 673 men who rode it. The engagement was tactically pointless and operationally catastrophic, born from a miscommunicated order between Lord Raglan and the Earl of Cardigan. It became famous almost entirely because Tennyson immortalized it in verse six weeks later.
This issue is part of Perth Mint's ongoing Battles series commemorating British and Commonwealth military history. KM#91 references the Australian attribution, though the subject is entirely British — a quirk of the series that reflects Australia's colonial military inheritance rather than any direct national connection to the Crimea.