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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - XVIII Commonwealth Games - Melbourne 2006
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Weight | 20 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a dynamic composition of 71 stylised athlete figures arranged in a broad outer ring encircling a central medallion. Within the inner circle, the Commonwealth Crown is displayed above the official Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games logo. The surrounding legend 'XVIII COMMONWEALTH GAMES MELBOURNE 2006' arcs along the upper periphery, while 'COMMONWEALTH NATIONS' is inscribed along the lower border, uniting the emblems of sport and international community in a celebratory design. |
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The Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games were the first held in Australia since Brisbane 1982, and organizers made an unusually deliberate push to use commemorative circulation coinage as part of the broader public engagement campaign. The Royal Australian Mint released a series of colored and standard $5 pieces tied to the Games, with KM#783 among the standard cupro-aluminum issues intended for genuine circulation rather than collector sets — a distinction that makes surviving uncirculated examples slightly less predictable in terms of surface quality.
Melbourne's Games were notable for the debut of several new sports on the program, including the triathlon and rhythmic gymnastics as full medal events. The 20g aluminum bronze format was a deliberate carryover from earlier Australian $5 commemoratives dating to the 1990s.