
Obverse: | Queen Elizabeth II - Design by Ian Rank-Broadley.
Legend: ELIZABETH. II. AUSTRALIA 2000 |
Reverse: | Pharlap - Design by Vladimir Gottwald
Legend: PHAR LAP 1930 FIVE DOLLARS. |
| Edge: | Plain edge. |
| Weight: | 10.6 grams (163.6 grains). |
| Size: | 28.00 mm (diameter). |
| Composition: | Outer Ring: Austenitic Stainless Steel
Inner Ring: Aluminium Bronze: 92% Copper, 6% Aluminium, 2% Nickel |
| Mintage: | Canberra: |
| Mintmarks: | None. |
Valuation : 2000 Phar Lap Bi-Metal FIVE DOLLARS
Notes:
 | This coin was struck to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of Phar Lap's triumph in the 1930 Melbourne Cup. It was distributed, encapsulated, on a credit-card style plastic card.
The proof version of the 2000 Phar Lap Australian five dollars is a significantly larger coin struck on an Aluminium Bronze blank. |
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