| Coin | One Dollar 2018 Gold Coast Games - Design 1 |
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The one dollar coin denomination (written as $1) was introduced in Australia in 1984, replacing the earlier banknotes. The original definitive type featuring five kangaroos has not been changed since its introduction and is still issued regularly.
Apart from the regular design, the Royal Australian Mint issues a large variety of circulating commemorative one dollar coins which have the same specifications and circulate in parallel with the definitive type - such as this one.
This coin is part of a seven-coin range issued to commemorate the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.
The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, between 4 and 15 April 2018. It was the fifth time Australia had hosted the Commonwealth Games.
Coins issued in 2018 have now been in circulation for seven years. |
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The obverse shows the crowned mature head of Queen Elizabeth II facing right (her effigy known as the "Fourth Portrait"). The Queen wears the "Girls of Great Britain and Ireland" diamond tiara, a wedding gift from Queen Mary (Her Majesty's grandmother) in 1947 - which she also has on the Machin and the Gottwald portraits.
In small letters below the head, the artist's initials IRB (for Ian Rank-Broadley).
Around the effigy is the monarch's legend and the date: ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2018.
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The reverse design is divided into six sectors by rays radiating out from the Gold Coast 2018 emblem below. In each sector, there is a pictogram representation of one of the sports played at the games: hockey, tennis, diving, athletics, boxing, and para powerlifting (from a bench).
Around above, the inscription XXI COMMONWEALTH GAMES. Around below, the value and denomination ONE DOLLAR. |
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| Reverse Inscription |
XXI COMMONWEALTH GAMES Gold Coast 2018 ONE DOLLAR |
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| Edge | Milled interrupted, in seven sections | Edge Inscription | None |
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| Notes | The coins were issued through a "corporate program" partnership between the mint and Woolworths Supermarkets, with customers receiving the $2 coins in their change. Additionally, there were 450,000 mint sets containing the four $1 coins - which were only struck for the sets and were not supposed to be released into circulation. However, their mintage was relatively large for a collector set and not all of them were sold; the remaining sets were broken up and the coins in them given to Woolworths customers in change, so they ended up circulating for a while - after which they were hoarded by collectors and soon stopped showing up in change. |
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