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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II 3rd Portrait - Murray Rose - Frosted Proof
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 1995 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Murray Rose won four Olympic gold medals across the 1956 Melbourne and 1960 Rome Games, becoming Australia's most decorated swimmer of his era — but the 1956 victory carried particular weight, as it came on home soil in front of a Melbourne crowd still adjusting to the novelty of hosting the Games at all. Rose had moved to the United States by the early 1960s, which created a quiet controversy when the ASU demanded he return to Australia for selection trials he couldn't attend, effectively ending his competitive career on bureaucratic rather than athletic terms.