1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Unlikely Heroes - Sandy the War Horse
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# 78038 |
| References | KM# 3022 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Commemorative issue
Sandy the War Horse
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 Horses Head showing against a background of a Desert Scene
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. Mintage to be confirmed but capped at 30,000.
During World War I, 6100 Australian horses were deployed overseas. ‘Walers’ was the name given to horses used by the Australian Imperial Force in Magdhaba and Beersheba throughout the Middle East Campaign. Of the 6100 ‘Walers’ who fought alongside our soldiers, only one horse completed his journey back home: Sandy the War Horse. Sandy was the loyal companion to Major General Sir William Bridges, First Commander of the Australian Imperial Force. After the Major’s death, Sandy was cared for by Captain Leslie Whitfield in Egypt. In 1918, Sandy was brought home to graze at an Army stable in Victoria, where he saw out the rest of his days.
Released by Australia Post was this stamp and coin set. It comprises an imperforate minisheet and a coin from the Royal Australian Mint.
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 - Murphy the Donkey)
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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 | 100% | |||||||||||
| 2015 | 150 | BU in Minisheet | 7% | ||||||||||||
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