1 Dollar - Elizabeth II (3rd Portrait - Sir Charles Kingsford Smith - Small Head)
Australia • 1 Dollar • Aluminium bronze (92% Copper, 6% Aluminium, 2% Nickel) • 1997
- Denomination
- 1 Dollar
- Issuer
- Australia
- Struck
- 1997
- Currency
- Dollar
- Weight
- 9 g
- Diameter
- 25 mm
- Catalog refs
- KM 355
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Where it came from
The 1997 Australian one-dollar coin featuring Sir Charles Kingsford Smith was issued as part of an ongoing commemorative series honoring significant figures in Australian aviation history. This specific design celebrates the legacy of Kingsford Smith, a pioneer aviator famous for completing the first trans-Pacific flight from the United States to Australia in 1928 aboard the Southern Cross. The Royal Australian Mint produced this piece to commemorate the aviation heritage of the nation, utilizing the third effigy of Queen Elizabeth II by Raphael Maklouf.
The coin design is notable for the inclusion of the 'small head' portrait variant, a distinction that has garnered significant interest among numismatists. While the standard design for the one-dollar series shifted toward different commemorative motifs during the late 1990s, the inclusion of the Kingsford Smith tribute was intended to bridge historical reverence with modern currency. The piece is widely respected in Australian collecting circles for its clean industrial aesthetic and its role in documenting the transition period of royal portraiture on Australian coinage.
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