1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 6th Portrait - Welcome Stranger
2019 year| Aluminium bronze | 13.5 g | 30.6 mm |
| Issuer | Australia |
|---|---|
| Queen | Elizabeth II (1952-2022) |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
| Year | 2019 |
| Value | 1 Dollar 1 AUD = USD 0.69 |
| Currency | Dollar (1966-date) |
| Composition | Aluminium bronze |
| Weight | 13.5 g |
| Diameter | 30.6 mm |
| Thickness | 3.1 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Updated | 2024-10-04 |
| Numista | N#186808 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 91% |
Reverse
The coin’s reverse design portrays a representation of the Welcome Stranger nugget with the inscription ‘THE WELCOME STRANGER NUGGET 1869 - 2019’ as well as the Perth Mint’s ‘P’ mintmark.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
THE WELCOME STRANGER NUGGET 1869 - 2019
P
Edge
Reeded
Comment
Struck by the Perth Mint but issued exclusively by Australia Post in PNC Issue 10 of 2019. (7,500 copies)
Postal Numismatic Cover
The coin is housed in an illustrated card with a window displaying the coin’s reverse and obverse designs. The envelope depicts the original photograph taken of the miners and their wives with a replica of the Welcome Stranger. Also included in the Postal numismatic cover's design is an illustrated map of the area where the nugget was discovered and a copy of the Miner’s Right issued in Victoria in 1865 on the card insert.
Official Commemorative Stamp
The envelope is stamped with an official $1 Australia Post stamp depicting the original photograph and Welcome Stranger nugget and is postmarked with two mining axes for the first day of issue 26 February 2019.
The ANDA release is postmarked with an image of the Brisbane City Hall and has the ANDA logo below the stamp.
2019 marks 150 years since the discovery of the largest-known alluvial gold nugget ever found - the Welcome Stranger. It was discovered near the Victorian goldfields town of Moliagul by John Deason and Richard Oates on 5 February 1869 and contained almost 2,300oz of gold!
