Gottwald (2000)

Vladimir Gottwald, now retired, was a member of the Royal Australian Mint's Design and Engraving Section.


This portrait depicts Her Majesty wearing the "Girls of Great Britain and Ireland" tiara (a wedding gift from Queen Mary in 1947) and the King Faisal of Saudi Arabia Necklace. With this minting, Vladimir Gottwald became the first Australian designer since Sir Edgar Bertram Mackennal KCVO RA, who sculpted the 1910-1936 effigy of King George V, to have his work on the obverse of an Australian coin.

Gottwald's obverse design on the 2000 50c coin