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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Alphabet Collection - Letter W
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2015-2017 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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| Obverse description | The fourth crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II faces right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara, as modelled by sculptor Ian Rank-Broadley. The truncation bears the engraver's initials IRB. The surrounding legend reads ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA followed by the year of issue and the denomination 1 DOLLAR, all in raised Latin lettering within the coin's field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Alphabet Collection was a Royal Australian Mint circulation program releasing lettered dollars progressively through standard coin rolls, encouraging the kind of public engagement — and hoarding — that effectively removes coins from active circulation. The "W" dollar, issued across a three-year window, follows a pattern where later letters in a run tend to survive in higher average grades simply because collector awareness accumulates as a series progresses.
Pad printing, used here for color application, remains technically vulnerable to wear in a way that conventional die-struck details are not.