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100 Dollars - Elizabeth II 6th Portrait - Hand of Faith Nugget
| Issuer | Perth Mint |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1966-date) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a highly detailed, three-dimensional rendering of the Hand of Faith gold nugget, discovered in Victoria, Australia in 1980, positioned centrally against a sunburst or radial line pattern in the field. The nugget's craggy, textured surface is rendered in high relief, capturing the natural irregular form of the famous specimen. The legend AUSTRALIAN NUGGET arcs along the upper border, with HAND OF FAITH 1980 inscribed below the nugget. The lower border carries the date 2020, the weight and fineness designations 1oz 9999 GOLD, and the Perth Mint's P mintmark appears to the right. The designer's initials SD are visible on the nugget itself. |
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| Mintage | 2020 P - BU |
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The Hand of Faith is the largest gold nugget ever found with a metal detector — unearthed near Kingower, Victoria in September 1980 by Kevin Hillier, weighing 27.2 kilograms. It was purchased by the Golden Nugget Casino in Las Vegas, where it has been on public display ever since. Perth Mint has returned to it repeatedly as a subject, trading on genuine Australian mining heritage rather than invented iconography.
The 6th Portrait of Elizabeth II, by Jody Clark, was introduced in 2015 and remains the most recent effigy used on Commonwealth coinage before her death in 2022.