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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Alphabet Collection - Letter Z
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2015-2017 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1966-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a large stylised letter 'Z' rendered in bold relief and occupying the majority of the field, applied with pad-printed colour depicting Australian fauna and flora associated with the letter Z. Visible within and around the letter are a colourful depiction of a zebra finch and native plant foliage in teal and green tones, along with additional smaller fauna elements at the base. The design is framed by an ornamental inner border of alternating geometric motifs and dot punches encircling the entire field. No additional legend appears on the reverse, with the letter itself serving as the sole typographic element. |
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The Alphabet Collection was issued by the Royal Australian Mint across 26 circulating dollar coins, each pad-printed with a letter and associated illustration — a production method applied directly over the struck surface rather than through die engraving. Pad printing on circulation coinage remains unusual for a sovereign mint, and the technique's durability in everyday handling was a legitimate concern that played out in worn examples shedding their printed layer entirely.
Letter Z, statistically the last to turn up for collectors assembling the full run, closed out a series aimed squarely at re-engaging public interest in coin collecting among younger Australians.