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5 Cents - Elizabeth II 1st Portrait, In the name of - Echidna, Mary Gillick Obverse, Gold Proof
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Engraver(s) | Mary Gillick (obverse); Stuart Devlin (reverse) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Australia's five-cent denomination has carried the short-beaked echidna since decimal introduction in 1966, a species chosen partly because its distinctive silhouette reproduced cleanly at small scale. This 2024 gold proof restores Mary Gillick's first Elizabethan portrait — retired from circulation coinage decades ago — pairing it with that original reverse in a combination that never existed in everyday commerce. Gillick's effigy was itself controversial at its 1953 debut; the Queen reportedly objected to the lack of a crown, and the portrait was quietly modified before full production.