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5 Dollars - Charles III 1st Portrait - Australian Olympic Team
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Uncrowned effigy of King Charles III facing left, rendered in high relief on a domed field with a contrasting frosted portrait against a mirror-polished background. The engraver's initials 'DT' appear below the truncation. The legend 'CHARLES III' curves along the upper left rim, 'AUSTRALIA' and the date '2024' arc along the upper right, and the denomination '5 DOLLARS' is inscribed along the lower rim, all separated by raised dot stops. |
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| Obverse lettering | CHARLES III AUSTRALIA 2024 5 DOLLARS DT |
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Issued to mark Australia's participation in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, this is one of several collector releases the Royal Australian Mint produced in the lead-up to the Games. Australia has maintained one of the longer continuous Olympic participation records, having attended every Summer Games since 1896 — Athens included — with the exception of the 1980 Moscow boycott.
The KM#4745 reference places this among the earliest catalog entries for Charles III portrait coinage from the RAM, as his effigy only began appearing on Australian issues from 2023 onward following the death of Elizabeth II in September 2022.