1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Dorothy Wall - Blinky Bill
Features
| Issuer |
Australia
 |
|---|---|
| Queen |
Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
|
| Type | Non-circulating coins |
| Years | 2009-2011 |
| Value | 1 Dollar 1 AUD = USD 0.70 |
| Currency | Dollar (1966-date) |
| Composition | Aluminium bronze (92% Copper, 6% Aluminium, 2% Nickel) |
| Weight | 9 g |
| Diameter | 25 mm |
| Thickness | 2.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 72964 |
| References | KM# 1077 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Commemorative issue
Dorothy Wall
Obverse
4th portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara
Script: Latin
Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA 2011
IRB
Designer: Ian Rank-Broadley
Reverse
Picture of Dorothy Wall surrounded by four Blinky Bill Koala characters
Script: Latin
Lettering:
DOROTHY WALL
ONE DOLLAR
BLINKY BILL
Edge
7 shorter smooth segments between 7 reeded segments (11 grooves each)
© brismike (CC BY-NC)
Mint
Royal Australian Mint, Canberra, Australia (1965-date)Comments
This NCLT "Dorothy Wall" $1 coin was issued by the RAM as part of the six coin Baby Mint Set in 2009, 2010 and 2011. These three sets are the only place this coin can be found. It was not issued in the Baby Proof Sets of the same years.
Dorothy Wall was a New Zealand-born author and illustrator of children's fiction books. She is most famous for creating Blinky Bill, an anthropomorphic Koala who was the central character in her books, Blinky Bill: the Quaint Little Australian (1933), Blinky Bill Grows Up (1934) and Blinky Bill and Nutsy (1937).
Present in sets
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2009 - Australian Baby Uncirculated Set (Blinky Bill)
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2010 - Australian Baby Uncirculated Set (Blinky Bill)
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2011 - Australian Baby Uncirculated Set (Blinky Bill)
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 2009 | 34 176 | BU Blinky Bill Baby Set | 70% | ||||||||||||
| 2010 | 33 131 | BU Blinky Bill Baby Set | 53% | ||||||||||||
| 2011 | 27 168 | BU Blinky Bill Baby Set | 40% | ||||||||||||
Frequencies show the percentage of Numista users who own each year or variety among all the users who own this coin. Since some users own several versions, the sum may be greater than 100%.
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