5 Cents - Elizabeth II (3rd Portrait)
Australia • 5 Cents • Copper-nickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel) • 1985–1998
- Denomination
- 5 Cents
- Issuer
- Australia
- Struck
- 1985–1998
- Composition
- Copper-nickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel)
- Currency
- Dollar
- Weight
- 2.83 g
- Diameter
- 19.41 mm
- Catalog refs
- KM 80 · Schön 67
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Where it came from
The Australian 5-cent coin featuring the third effigy of Queen Elizabeth II was introduced into circulation during a period of transition for Australian currency. Following the decimalization of the currency in 1966, the Royal Australian Mint began updating the monarch's portrait to reflect the aging of the Queen, with this specific design by Raphael Maklouf replacing the previous Arnold Machin portrait starting in 1985.
Raphael Maklouf's design, known as the 'third portrait,' features the Queen wearing the George IV State Diadem. It was selected through a competition overseen by the Royal Mint Advisory Committee and was intended to offer a more formal and regal depiction of the monarch compared to its predecessor. The design remained the standard for Australian coinage until the transition to the fourth portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley in 1999, making the 1985 issue a significant representation of Australian numismatic history from the late twentieth century.
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