This
commemorative
silver coin is one piece from a set of six, which were issued to celebrate the Olympic sporting achievements of some
of Australia's best athletes. The series is called Olympic Heritage and was released in celebration of Australia's century
long participation in the Olympic games. The six coins were released in pairs over three years from 1994-1996. This coin
pays tribute to Murray Rose and was released in 1995 and paired with Dawn Fraser. These two individuals are Australian Olympic
gold medallists and living legends. In 1994 Australia's first gold medallists Edwin Flack and Sarah Durack were commemorated
and in 1996 it was the turn of Shirley Strickland and Betty Cuthbert who are considered Australia's greatest Olympic medal
winners. The coins were struck into silver with a fantastic frosted reverse finish. This was the first set of silver coins
issued by the Royal Australian Mint and the series is a popular one.
The reverse of this coin was designed by Horst Hanhe and depicts Murray
Rose performing his Gold Medal winning sport, swimming. He is posed with his head and arms out of the water and the legend
MURRAY ROSE is written above his right shoulder. On the outer circle the legends read AUSTRALIA'S LIVING LEGENDS on the top
and the denomination 10 DOLLARS is bellow. The obverse features the Raphael
Maklouf portrait of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and the
legend
running around the outer circle reads ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1995. The first pair that was released from the set was
issued in a plush green presentation box with space to house the additional four coins to complete the set. This also included
a booklet entitled AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC ROLL OF HONOUR which contains a complete list of the Australian Olympic medallists
from the year 1896 until the year the first coins of the series was issued, 1994. A Certificate of Authenticity was also
included and contained a short biography of each of the athletes featured in the series.
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