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Uncirculated $1 Coin
Australian Legal Tender
Fred Hollows Reverse
Presentation Card
Fine Design Detail
Inspirational Australians – Health
Fred Hollows Reverse
In 2010, the third release in our highly collectible Inspirational Australians coin series, celebrates the life and work of Professor Fred Hollows.
Brilliant Uncirculated Quality
Official product, is struck from aluminium bronze in uncirculated quality.
Fine Design Detail
The uncirculated coin is issued by the Royal Australian Mint.
Australian Legal Tender
Issued as legal tender under the Australian Currency Act 1965, the coin portrays the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the 2010 year-date on the obverse.
Presentation Card
A skilled ophthalmologist, he pioneered modern cataract surgery with the use of an implanted intraocular lens as seen on the coin design.
This technique restored sight to those blinded by poverty alone and his name lives on through The Fred Hollows Foundation, through this coin and the vision of millions worldwide.
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