2000 Phar Lap Bi-Metal FIVE DOLLARS


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

Uncirc
Issue5

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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