Artefacts

Sydney 2000, 5 dollars. Australia. Series 1. Kangaroo and portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.

Obverse

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

Reverse

A kangaroo with joey in her pouch surrounded by Xanthorrhoea. Down below, Olympic Symbol. Caption: "Sydney 2000 ; COMMEMORATING THE OLYMPIC GAMES OF THE NEW MILLENIUM IN SYDNEY IN THE YEAR 2000 A.D. ; · CELEBRATING THE UNIQUE ANIMALS, BIRDS, FISH AND FLORA OF AUSTRALIA AND THE SPIRIT OF THE GAMES OF THE XXVII OLYMPIAD."

Created

Created: Stuart DEVLIN Created: Royal Australian Mint Created: Raphael MAKLOUF

Featured

Visually represented: Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Materials

silver 925

Dimension

ø 43 x 3 mm, 180 °, 32 g

Type of item

Coins -> olympic coins

Reference number

117641

Edge

Games of the XXVII Olympiad

Mintmark/Mintage

P for Perth Mint / 100 000

Keywords

Sydney 2000, Olympic Games Australia Nature and the environment animal Personnalité politique

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.