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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Bush Babies - Possum
| Issuer | Perth Mint, Australia |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar |
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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 designed by Ian Rank-Broadley. The legend ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA surrounds the upper field, with the denomination 1 DOLLAR and date 2013 below the portrait. The engraver's initials IRB appear truncated at the base of the bust. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2013 1 DOLLAR IRB |
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The Bush Babies series was issued by the Perth Mint beginning in 2013, targeting the collectible dollar market with native Australian fauna. The common brushtail possum — Trichosurus vulpecula — was so successfully introduced to New Zealand as a fur trade animal in the 1800s that it became one of the country's most destructive invasive species, now numbering in the tens of millions across the Tasman while remaining protected in its native range.