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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II 3rd Portrait - Dame Nellie Melba - Masterpieces in Silver
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 1996 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The third effigy of Queen Elizabeth II faces right, wearing the King George IV State Diadem and draped in royal attire, as designed by Raphael Maklouf. The legend 'ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1996' arcs along the upper periphery, with the designer's initials 'RDM' also present in the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1996 RDM |
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Dame Nellie Melba — born Helen Porter Mitchell in Richmond, Victoria — took her stage name from Melbourne and became the most internationally celebrated soprano of the late Victorian and Edwardian periods. She was the first Australian to achieve genuine global fame as a performer, commanding fees at Covent Garden and the Metropolitan Opera that rivaled any singer of her generation. The Royal Australian Mint's Masterpieces in Silver series used her likeness in 1996 to mark the centenary of her 1894 DBE honour, though Melba herself died in 1931 after a septicaemia infection following surgery in Sydney.