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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - 'Town Halls' Brisbane City Hall
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1966-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | BRISBANE CITY HALL FIVE DOLLARS |
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Brisbane City Hall, completed in 1930 after a decade of construction disputes and cost overruns, was nearly demolished in the 1970s when the city council seriously debated replacing it with a car park. The building survived, though by 2012 it had just emerged from a major structural restoration — a timing the Royal Australian Mint's 'Town Halls' series quietly acknowledged by including it that same year.
The antiqued aluminium-zinc-bronze finish is not decorative whimsy; it was chosen across the series to evoke aged civic architecture rather than the brightness of bullion.