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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Winter Olympics Pyeongchang - Silver Proof
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1966-date) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 2018 - Proof in Case - 10,000 |
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Australia has no particular claim to Winter Olympics glory — the nation had sent fewer than a dozen athletes to Pyeongchang — making this a frankly commercial issue rather than a celebration of national achievement. The Royal Australian Mint had by 2018 built a substantial cottage industry around international sporting events, producing commemorative silver proofs for competitions on virtually every continent regardless of Australian participation.
The selective gold plating technique used here was refined at the RAM through the 1990s and 2000s, requiring precise masking during electroplating to isolate specific design elements.