1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Mob of Roos
| Aluminium bronze (92% Copper, 6% Aluminium, 2% Nickel) | 9 g | 25 mm |
| Issuer | Australia |
|---|---|
| Queen | Elizabeth II (1952-2022) |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Years | 2000-2019 |
| Value | 1 Dollar 1 AUD = USD 0.69 |
| Currency | Dollar (1966-date) |
| Composition | Aluminium bronze (92% Copper, 6% Aluminium, 2% Nickel) |
| Weight | 9 g |
| Diameter | 25 mm |
| Thickness | 2.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Updated | 2024-10-04 |
| Numista | N#3148 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 6% |
Reverse
"Mob of Roos" Five Kangaroos & Denomination
Script: Latin
Lettering: 1 DOLLAR
Designer: Stuart Devlin
Edge
7 shorter smooth segments between 7 reeded segments (11 grooves each)
Comment
Standard Circulation Mob of Roos $1 coin updated with the IRB 4th Portrait of the Queen on the Obverse in the year 2000. It has been released in various Proof & UNC sets during its lifetime which has ended in the year 2019 which will be the last year it will be issued with the IRB Effigy. A new Jody Clark 6th Effigy has been introduced on the MOR coin in 2019. (Both Effigies were issued on coins in 2019).
In Australia, the term "Roos" is commonly used as a short form of kangaroos. A group of Kangaroos is called a "Mob". Hence the reason this coin is called the MOR or "Mob of Roos".
The Coin has been issued with various Privymarks & Counterstamps over the years when limited edition coincard versions were made available at various ANDA coinshows and International WMF & WME shows etc.
See Examples below for a full list with images of them all.
Numismaster has decided in its wisdom to issue a separate KM# for the 2016 Buddy Bear WMF Privymarked coin KM# 3226.
In late 2018 the RAM very quietly released into circulation some MOR coins dated 2019. This was highly unusual as normally 2019 dated circulation coins would not be issued until mid to late 2019. They became known locally as "Time Traveller Coins" ie from the future. These particular coins had one of three Privymarks. Either an [A] or [U] or [S]. There was also a very tiny microtext number '35' stamped between the second, third and fourth Roo.
These are actual coins with the Privymarks and the microtext '35' ...
