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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - 2000 Paralympic Games
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2000 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a wheelchair racing athlete in a highly aerodynamic forward-leaning posture, propelling a racing wheelchair at speed across the central field, conveying intense athletic effort and motion. A series of parallel diagonal speed lines sweep across both the upper and lower portions of the field, framing the central figure. In the upper portion of the field, the official Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games logo is applied in full colour via pad printing, incorporating the Agitos symbol in red, blue, and green. The denomination 5 DOLLARS appears in the lower right field. The design captures the spirit of Paralympic competition with dynamic, modernist imagery. |
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| Edge | Milled |
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Issued to coincide with the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games, held just weeks after the Olympic Games at the same venues — the first time the Paralympics had been staged in the same host city, using the same facilities, in the same year. The pad-printing process used for the coloured detail on this coin was experimental for circulation-grade issues at the time, and the Royal Australian Mint had limited prior experience applying it at production scale.