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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Bush Babies - Echidna
| Issuer | Perth Mint, Australia |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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| Reverse description | A highly detailed, naturalistically rendered juvenile echidna occupies the left and central field, depicted in a three-quarter frontal pose with its characteristic spines, soft underfur, and clawed forelimbs clearly articulated. The animal is nestled amongst Australian native vegetation, including flowering plants and foliage that extend across the upper and lower portions of the field. The legend AUSTRALIAN ECHIDNA curves along the upper right periphery, and the Perth Mint privy mark P appears within the design at centre right, accompanied by the engraver's initials EM. |
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| Reverse lettering | Australian echidna P EM |
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The Bush Babies series was produced by the Perth Mint as a circulation-quality issue with broad collector appeal, targeting the domestic Australian market where the echidna — one of only five surviving monotreme species on Earth — carries outsized cultural recognition. The echidna's egg-laying biology has puzzled zoologists since George Shaw first misidentified a specimen as a duck in 1799.