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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Air Series - Crimson Rosella
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2009-2011 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, as sculpted by Ian Rank-Broadley for the fourth definitive portrait, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the upper left rim, AUSTRALIA along the upper right, and the date 2011 appears at lower right. The engraver's initials IRB are incuse below the portrait truncation. The field is smooth and unadorned, with the bust occupying the central and lower portions of the coin. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Air Series was part of a broader Royal Australian Mint push in the late 2000s to apply pad printing — an industrial process borrowed from the plastics and ceramics industries — directly onto circulating coinage. Getting consistent ink adhesion on a curved aluminium bronze surface at mint production speeds took considerable development time, and the Crimson Rosella dollar was among the first Australian coins to carry coloured decoration as an intended feature of general circulation rather than a collector premium.