Add a classic Royal Australian Mint release to your collection with the 2011 $1 Dame Joan Sutherland Inspirational Australians Carded Coin. This uncirculated Australian $1 coin honours Dame Joan Sutherland, one of Australia’s most celebrated opera singers and an internationally recognised soprano.
Part of the Inspirational Australians series, this coin celebrates Dame Joan Sutherland’s incredible contribution to the performing arts. The reverse design features Dame Joan in operatic performance, with the wording “Inspirational Australians: Performing Arts Dame Joan Sutherland 1926–2010”. The reverse was designed by Royal Australian Mint designer Wojciech Pietranik.
This 2011 Australian $1 coin comes presented in its original illustrated collector card and is ideal for collectors of Royal Australian Mint carded coins, Inspirational Australians coins, Australian decimal coins, opera memorabilia and commemorative $1 releases.
Key Features
Country: Australia
Year: 2011
Denomination: $1
Theme: Dame Joan Sutherland / Inspirational Australians
Series: Inspirational Australians
Finish: Uncirculated
Metal: Aluminium Bronze
Weight: 9.00g
Diameter: 25.00mm
Packaging: Original illustrated collector card
Mint: Royal Australian Mint
Obverse: Queen Elizabeth II, Ian Rank-Broadley portrait
Reverse Designer: Wojciech Pietranik
Issue type: Australian legal tender collector coin
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