1 Dollar - Elizabeth II - World Heritage Sites, Lord Howe Island - 4th Portrait, Celebrate Australia (2012)

Features

Denomination 1 Dollar
Catalog Number KM# 1820
Weight (g) 13.8
Diameter (mm) 30.6
Thickness (mm) 2.8
Shape: Round
Composition: Aluminum-Bronze
Currency Value (USD) 0.72
Orientation Medal orientation ↑↑
Commemorative
Non Circulating
Calendar Gregorian

Obverse

Engraved by Ian Rank-Broadley
Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA
1 DOLLAR
IRB


Description:
Fourth crowned portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara. surrounded by the inscriptions “ELIZABETH II,” “AUSTRALIA,” and the face value “1 DOLLAR.”

Reverse

Engraved by Ryan Vanderwiel
Lettering:
AUSTRALIA $1
LORD HOWE ISLAND
P RV


Description:
The reverse shows a finely detailed image of Two sooty terns are shown in flight set against a vivid colored background of a green and blue image of the landscape of the islands found between Australia and New Zealand. The inscriptions include country name with denomination "AUSTRALIA $1" around above left and "LORD HOWE ISLAND" around above right. In the left field, the P mint mark of the Perth Mint and the designer's initials (RV) below it on the sooty tern's right wing.

Edge

Description:
Reeded
Year Mintage Comment Rarity
2012 P 1,429 Perth Mint, BU in Coincard Unknown

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