Description

Summary

Australia
Two Hundred Dollar, 1983
Mint: Royal Australian

Gold $200 uncirculated, supplied in blue plastic case (stored seperately). The reverse was designed by Stuart Devlin and features a Koala sitting in a gum tree.

Physical Description
A round gold coin (24 mm diameter with milled edge) featuring a draped bust of Elizabeth II facing right on the obverse and a koala on a gum tree on the reverse. Both sides were designed by Stuart Devlin, the koala being an extension of the fauna theme of the normal decimal series.

Obverse Description
Crowned bust of Elizabeth II right, around, ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1983

Reverse Description
Koala in tree; below, TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS

Edge Description
Milled

More Information

  • Collecting Areas: Numismatics & Philately
  • Acquisition Information: Donation from Royal Australian Mint, 1983
  • Date Issued: 1983 AD
  • Issued By: HM Queen Elizabeth II, Australia, 1980
  • Mint: Royal Australian Mint
  • Artist: Dr Stuart Devlin AO, CMG
    Designed reverse.
  • Artist: Arnold Machin
    Designed obverse.
  • Inscriptions: Obverse: ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1983 Reverse: TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS
  • Denomination: 200 Dollars
  • Series: Decimal
  • Material: Gold
  • Axis: 12
  • Classification: Coins, Australia, Uncirculated strikes
  • Category: History & Technology
  • Discipline: Numismatics
  • Type of item: Object
  • Dimensions: 24 mm (Outside Diameter), 10.003 g (Weight)
  • Shape: Round