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1 Dollar In the name of Elizabeth II, 6th Portrait - Southern White Rhinoceros
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2023 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the sixth and final official effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, designed by Jody Clark, rendered in right-facing profile. The Queen is depicted wearing the George IV State Diadem and a pearl necklace, with fine detail in the hair and crown. The surrounding legend arcs across the upper field reading ELIZABETH II 1952 - 2022, with AUSTRALIA and the date 2023 positioned to the right. The denomination 1 DOLLAR appears along the lower arc, separated by raised dot stops. The initials JC appear beneath the truncation, attributing the portrait to its engraver. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The southern white rhinoceros was functionally extinct in the wild by the late 19th century, reduced to a single population of fewer than 50 animals in what is now South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province. Intensive protection beginning in the 1890s under the Natal Game Preservation Commission brought the subspecies back from the brink — today's population of roughly 20,000 descends almost entirely from that remnant group.
This is the sixth and final effigy of Elizabeth II used on Australian coinage, introduced in 2019 and rendered on only a narrow window of issues before her death in September 2022 ended the reign entirely.