5 Dollars - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Canoe/Kayak) 2000 front 5 Dollars - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Canoe/Kayak) 2000 back
5 Dollars - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Canoe/Kayak) 2000 photo
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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Canoe/Kayak

2000 year
Aluminium bronze 20 g 38.74 mm
Description
Issuer
Australia
Queen
Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type
Non-circulating coin
Year
2000
Value
5 Dollars 5 AUD = USD 3.44
Currency
Dollar (1966-date)
Composition
Aluminium bronze
Weight
20 g
Diameter
38.74 mm
Thickness
3 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Updated
2024-10-04
References
Numista
N#19119
Rarity index
41%

Reverse

Depiction of a Canoe/Kayak competitor with double ended paddle battling through the waves. Small Olympic Rings under the Sydney 2000 logo middle left of the coin.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
5 DOLLARS
Sydney 2000

Edge

Milled

Comment

This coin was released as a joint collaboration between the Royal Australian Mint and the Perth Mint to celebrate the holding of the XXVII Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia in the year 2000. This is coin 4 in a set of 28 that depict all 28 sports held at the Sydney 2000 Olympics. Coins were all dated 2000 but were released between 1997 and 2000. Some were available separately and some were only available in a set of the full 28 coins in a special album. Interestingly some had the Maklouf Obverse and some had the Rank-Broadly Obverse.