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8 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Henry Lawson - 150 Years - Silver Proof
| Issuer | Perth Mint, Australia |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Thickness | 7.9 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears the fourth portrait effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara, as designed by Ian Rank-Broadley. The sovereign's name appears in the legend reading ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA, accompanied by the denomination 8 DOLLARS. Additional inscriptions in the field include the silver fineness designation 5OZ 9999 Ag, the IRB designer's initials, and the year of issue 2017. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Henry Lawson was born in a tent on the Grenfell goldfields in 1867, and his fiction and verse would go on to define how Australians imagined the bush — not as romance, but as grinding isolation. The 150th anniversary issue arrives in a year when his cultural stature remains largely uncontested, even as his reputation for alcoholism and poverty in later life complicates the mythology.
The five-ounce format places this firmly in Perth Mint's high-denomination proof program, which has used the $8 face value since the 1990s as a legal-tender vehicle for oversized silver issues.