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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Manchester Commonwealth Games 2002
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1966-date) |
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| Obverse description | Fourth portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley, depicting the right-facing effigy of the Queen wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara. The legend ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2002 5 DOLLARS encircles the portrait, with the engraver's initials IRB appearing below the truncation of the bust. The design is rendered in a refined, naturalistic style characteristic of Rank-Broadley's coinage portraiture. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Australia served as host nation for the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester — an unusual arrangement that prompted this commemorative issue, since the Games were held in England rather than on Australian soil. The RAM produced a coloured variant alongside the standard circulation strike, an early example of the mint's expanding use of coin-printing technology that would become far more common in Australian commemorative programs through the following decade.