1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Unlikely Heroes - Murphy the Donkey
Features
| Issuer |
Australia
 |
|---|---|
| Queen |
Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
|
| Type | Non-circulating coins |
| Year | 2015 |
| Value | 1 Dollar 1 AUD = USD 0.71 |
| Currency | Dollar (1966-date) |
| Composition | Aluminium bronze (92% Copper, 6% Aluminium, 2% Nickel, Pad Printed) |
| Weight | 9 g |
| Diameter | 25 mm |
| Thickness | 2.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Coloured, Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 73233 |
| References | KM# 3021 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Commemorative issue
Murphy the Donkey
Series: Unlikely Heroes Great & Small
Obverse
4th portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara
Script: Latin
Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA 2015
1 DOLLAR
IRB
Designer: Ian Rank-Broadley
Reverse
A modern interpretation of an Australian war hero: Murphy the Donkey, surrounded by an artist’s rendition of the landscape of war in colour.
Script: Latin
Lettering: 1915
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 Aluminium-bronze $1 coloured coin was released in a coincard by the RAM in 2015 as part of a six coin series of ANZAC themed Animals at War coins.
It was also issued in a PNC by Australia Post, Issue 19 of 2015 (10,500 copies)
It was also in individually numbered PNC packaging at the two fairs mentioned in the Mintage box.
Murphy the Donkey is famous for his work with Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick, a stretcher-bearer with the 3rd Australian Field Ambulance. He put Murphy to use on the Anzac positions on Gallipoli. Together they brought wounded soldiers down rough tracks under enemy fire to receive treatment.
See also
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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Unlikely Heroes - Blue Chequer Cock)
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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Unlikely Heroes - Feline Mascot HMAS Encounter)
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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Unlikely Heroes - Horrie the Dog)
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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Unlikely Heroes - Sandy the War Horse)
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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Unlikely Heroes - Shake the Kangaroo)
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 2015 | 30 000 | $ 18 | BU in Coincard | 80% | |||||||||||
| 2015 | 10 805 | $ 11 | BU in PNC (Australia Post) | 29% | |||||||||||
| 2015 | 100 | BU in PNC ANDA Melbourne Show | 2% | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | 150 | BU in PNC Canberra Philatelic Fair | 2% | ||||||||||||
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