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1 Dollar - Charles III 1st Portrait - Four Guardians, Green Dragon
| Issuer | Perth Mint, Australia |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A vibrant full-color depiction of the Four Guardians of Chinese mythology occupies the entire reverse field against a textured silver landscape of clouds and mountains. In the foreground, a green dragon coils dynamically at lower right, while a dark black tortoise entwined with a golden serpent occupies the centre. A blue-white tiger prowls at left, and a multicolored phoenix in brilliant red, blue, and gold plumage soars across the upper right quadrant. The Perth Mint privy mark P125 appears at upper right within the design, and the year 2024 is inscribed at lower left. |
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The "Four Guardians" series draws on Chinese cosmological tradition, specifically the four mythological creatures assigned to cardinal directions — the Green Dragon governing the East. Perth Mint has leaned heavily into this mythology for bullion-adjacent collector product aimed at Asian markets, a commercial strategy that accelerated sharply after 2010 as Chinese investment in Australian-minted silver expanded. Charles III's first portrait, sculpted by Martin Jennings and adopted by the Royal Mint in 2023, appears here in its earliest deployment on Australian coinage following Elizabeth II's death in September 2022.