Issued as part of Australia's broader commemorative dollar program in the mid-2000s, this piece uses pad printing — an industrial transfer process borrowed from consumer goods manufacturing — to apply color directly onto the coin surface. Perth adopted the technique earlier and more aggressively than most sovereign mints, making several of its early pad-printed issues notable for inconsistent color adhesion on surviving examples.
Issued as part of Australia's broader commemorative dollar program in the mid-2000s, this piece uses pad printing — an industrial transfer process borrowed from consumer goods manufacturing — to apply color directly onto the coin surface. Perth adopted the technique earlier and more aggressively than most sovereign mints, making several of its early pad-printed issues notable for inconsistent color adhesion on surviving examples.