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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Constellation L749 - Masterpieces in Silver
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1966-date) |
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| Obverse description | The fourth definitive effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, as modelled by Ian Rank-Broadley, is depicted in right-facing portrait, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara. The Queen's bare neck and shoulders are visible below the truncation. The surrounding legend reads ELIZABETH II to the upper left and AUSTRALIA 2009 to the upper right, with the engraver's initials IRB incuse below the portrait truncation. The mirror-like proof field provides a sharp contrast to the finely detailed relief of the effigy. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The "Masterpieces in Silver" program was the Royal Australian Mint's answer to a collector market increasingly saturated with generic proof releases — each entry in the series was designed to showcase fine engraving rather than simply repackage existing circulation designs. The Constellation reverse in the L749 series drew on astronomical cartography traditions that pre-date decimal coinage by centuries.
Mintages for individual Constellation issues were tightly capped, and unsold remainders were not carried forward or reissued.