Australia sent 419 athletes to the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, its largest Olympic team in sixteen years, and the Royal Australian Mint issued this kilogram gold piece to mark the occasion. The $3000 face value is nominal — a legal-tender formality applied to coins of this class that no one mistakes for spending money.
The fourth portrait of Elizabeth II, by Ian Rank-Broadley, had been in service since 1998 and was still current at time of striking.
Australia sent 419 athletes to the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, its largest Olympic team in sixteen years, and the Royal Australian Mint issued this kilogram gold piece to mark the occasion. The $3000 face value is nominal — a legal-tender formality applied to coins of this class that no one mistakes for spending money.
The fourth portrait of Elizabeth II, by Ian Rank-Broadley, had been in service since 1998 and was still current at time of striking.