Artefacts

Sydney 2000, 5 dollars. Australia. Series 2. Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II and sharks.

Obverse

Sydeways portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. Caption: "ELIZABETH II - AUSTRALIA 2000 ; ·5 DOLLARS·".

Reverse

Two sharks surrounded by corals. Caption: "Sydney 2000".

Created

Created: Stuart DEVLIN Created: Royal Australian Mint Created: Ian RANK-BROADLEY

Featured

Visually represented: Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Materials

silver 999

Colors

silver

Dimension

3 mm, ø 40.5 mm, 180 °, 32 g

Type of item

Coins -> olympic coins

Reference number

203404

Edge

GAMES OF THE XXVII OLYMPIAD

Mintmark/Mintage

C for Canberra / 100 000

Keywords

Sydney 2000, Olympic Games Australia animal Personnalité politique emblem

Notes

Sydney 2000 Launched for the 1952 Games in Helsinki, special currency designs helped to finance the Games. Their iconography gave pride of place to the monuments of the host country, its natural resources and its traditions. Gold coins for the Athens 2004 Games represented the Panathenaic Stadium, which was renovated for the Athens Games in 1896.