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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II 3rd Portrait - Sydney 2000 Series - Silver Proof

Issuer Royal Australian Mint
Year 2000
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Value 5 Dollars
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Reverse description A stylized map of Australia dominates the centre of the reverse, overlaid with pad-printed color and decorated with Aboriginal-style footprints and stick figures evoking indigenous heritage. The composition is encircled by historic tall sailing ships rendered in the field, referencing Australia's maritime history. The colored official Sydney 2000 Olympic Games logo appears at the bottom of the design, serving as the focal commemorative element. The legend C SYDNEY 2000 is inscribed within the reverse field.
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Australia's Sydney 2000 Olympic series was among the most ambitious commemorative programs the Royal Australian Mint had undertaken, spanning multiple years and dozens of individual releases. The pad-printing technique used on select pieces in this series — applying color directly onto the coin's surface through a silicone transfer process — was still a relative novelty in Australian mint production at the turn of the millennium, and quality consistency across the run was not always uniform.

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