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5 Cents - Elizabeth II 5th Portrait - Gottwald Proof Gold
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II as the fifth portrait, modelled by engraver Vladimir Gottwald, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara. The legend ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2010 arcs around the upper periphery, with the designer's initials VG appearing in the lower field. The portrait is rendered in high relief consistent with proof coinage standards. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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This piece belongs to a small sub-series issued by the Royal Australian Mint pairing the effigy of the reigning monarch with the reverse designs of Australia's circulating coinage — here reproduced in fine gold as a proof collector issue. The Jody Clark portrait had not yet been adopted; the Raphael Maklouf and Ian Rank-Broadley transitions were already history by 2010, placing this squarely under the Horst Hammerschmidt-revised version of the Maklouf effigy, commonly attributed in Australian mint literature to the so-called Gottwald series.
Mintages for these gold proof 5-cent pieces were sharply limited, typically in the low hundreds.