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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - XXI Commonwealth Games - Silver Proof
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2018 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The fourth portrait effigy of Queen Elizabeth II faces right, depicted wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara. The legend surrounding the effigy reads ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2018 5 DOLLARS, with the engraver's initials IRB appearing below the portrait. The design is rendered in a refined proof finish with a polished field. |
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| Edge | Reeded (gilded) |
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Issued to mark the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, the first time Queensland hosted the event since Brisbane in 1982. Australia's broader dominance of the Games medal table — the host nation has finished first in the overall tally at every Commonwealth Games held on Australian soil — gave the RAM considerable commercial motivation to produce an extensive commemorative program around the 2018 edition. Selective gold plating on proof silver had become a house specialty by this point, applied here to distinguish the Games' branding without committing to a full gold strike.