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8 Dollars In the name of Elizabeth II, 6th Portrait - Australian Kookaburra
| Issuer | Perth Mint, Australia |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#4576 |
| Obverse description | Memorial effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II facing right, as rendered by sculptor Jody Clark for the sixth and final portrait used on Australian coinage. The Queen is depicted wearing the King George IV State Diadem and the Victorian Coronation Necklace. The surrounding legend reads ELIZABETH II 1953 - 2022 AUSTRALIA 8 DOLLARS, with the designer's initials JC appearing below the effigy. This commemorative obverse was adopted following Her Majesty's passing on 8 September 2022. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II 1953 - 2022 AUSTRALIA 8 DOLLARS JC |
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The sixth portrait of Elizabeth II — sculpted by Sacha Jafri and approved just months before her death in September 2022 — appears on Australian legal tender issues for the first time in this 2023 series, making it among the shortest-lived royal effigies in Australian coinage history. The portrait was never widely circulated before the transition to Charles III began.
Perth's Kookaburra program dates to 1990, with each annual issue featuring a new bird design, a structure that has made the series a reliable driver of silver bullion demand in the Asia-Pacific market.