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| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1966-date) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the fourth definitive effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, modelled by Ian Rank-Broadley, depicted as a right-facing draped bust wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara. The peripheral legend reads ELIZABETH II to the upper left and AUSTRALIA to the upper right, with the date 2009 positioned at the lower right. The engraver's initials IRB appear on the truncation of the bust. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse, engraved by Wojciech Pietranik, depicts a scene honouring Australian service nurses, showing a uniformed military nurse in a distinctive cap attending to a recumbent patient, with a syringe prominently rendered in the foreground. The denomination numeral 20 appears in the upper field above the central composition. The upper peripheral legend reads AUSTRALIA REMEMBERS, flanked by small cross symbols, while the lower legend reads AUSTRALIAN SERVICE NURSES, also flanked by cross devices. |
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