1 Dollar - Elizabeth II (3rd Portrait - Sir Charles Kingsford Smith - Large 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 327 · Schön 341
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Where it came from
The 1997 Australian one-dollar coin featuring Sir Charles Kingsford Smith was issued to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the pioneering aviator. Kingsford Smith is celebrated for his historic 1928 trans-Pacific flight from California to Brisbane in the Southern Cross, an achievement that cemented his legacy as a national icon in Australian aviation history.
The design features the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse, while the reverse showcases a portrait of Kingsford Smith alongside his Fokker F.VIIb/3m monoplane. The 'Large Head' variety is a specific numismatic distinction noted by collectors, arising from subtle variations in the master dies used at the Royal Australian Mint during that production period.
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