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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Air Series - Major Mitchell Cockatoo
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2011 IRB |
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| Edge | Segmented reeding |
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The Air Series was issued by the Royal Australian Mint across 2011–2012, using pad printing technology to apply colour directly onto the coin surface — a process the RAM had been refining since its early coloured commemorative releases in the 2000s. The Major Mitchell's Cockatoo, named after the explorer Thomas Mitchell who documented the species in the 1830s, inhabits the arid interior and was a deliberate choice to represent inland Australia rather than the coastal fauna that dominates most Australian numismatic imagery.
Pad-printed colour on circulating-specification coins degrades with handling, making uncirculated examples the only reliable way to assess the chromatic detail intact.