Mintage: Strictly Limited to 5,000 Pieces Worldwide - Ferocious Scarcity Driving Collector Demand Skyward! Proof Quality: Ultra high-relief strike on premium planchets, with mirror-polished fields and deeply frosted devices for explosive contrast and three-dimensional depth - the eagle's open beak and fierce gaze seem ready to strike! Obverse: Ian Rank-Broadley's iconic effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, facing right in her Diamond Jubilee tiara, encircled by "ELIZABETH II, " "AUSTRALIA, " "1 DOLLAR, " and "2022" - a poignant final-year portrait before the series' transition to King Charles III. Reverse: John Mercanti's masterful seventh design: the wedge-tailed eagle in dramatic side profile, head thrown back with beak wide in a piercing cry, wings implied in dynamic tension.
Inscriptions include "AUSTRALIAN WEDGE-TAILED EAGLE, " weight "1 OZ 9999, " and purity mark - Australia's largest bird of prey, lord of the outback skies, rendered with Mercanti's signature precision. Edge: Reeded for Security and Bullion Heritage.