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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Alphabet Collection - Letter U
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2015-2017 |
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| Weight | 9 g |
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| Obverse description | Fourth portrait effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara, as sculpted by Ian Rank-Broadley. The legend ELIZABETH II and AUSTRALIA flank the effigy, with the denomination 1 DOLLAR and the year of issue inscribed in the field. The engraver's initials IRB appear below the portrait truncation. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Alphabet Collection was a Royal Australian Mint circulation release aimed squarely at children, with each letter paired with an Australian animal, object, or icon — "U" for ukulele, or umbrella, depending on the release variant. Pad printing, applied directly to the coin's surface rather than struck into the die, was the technical novelty here; the RAM had been refining the process for years before committing it to a circulating series. The ink adhesion on circulated examples tends to show wear faster than the underlying metal.