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5 Dollars In the name of Elizabeth II, 6th Portrait - Australian World Heritage
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Weight | 20 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a central pad-printed color disc surrounded by twenty vignettes representing Australia's UNESCO World Heritage listed sites, arranged in a circular composition around the central motif. The sites are depicted in stylized illustrative form, celebrating the nation's most significant natural and cultural heritage properties. The surrounding legend at the top reads AUSTRALIAN WORLD HERITAGE PROPERTIES, with the denomination 5 DOLLARS inscribed at the base. |
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Australia's World Heritage series has cycled through various formats since the 1980s, but this 2023 iteration marks a relatively rare application of pad printing to a circulating-denomination coin — a process that deposits ink onto the coin's surface in precise layers rather than relying solely on die relief to carry colour. The Royal Australian Mint has used the technique selectively, typically reserving it for collector issues where surface fidelity justifies the additional production step.
Elizabeth II's sixth portrait, by Jody Clark, was adopted by the RAM in 2019.