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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Bush Babies - Sugar Glider
| Issuer | Perth Mint, Australia |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Weight | 13.8 g |
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| Obverse description | The fourth portrait effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, modelled by Ian Rank-Broadley, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara. The legend ELIZABETH II surrounds the upper field, with AUSTRALIA and the date 2011 and denomination 1 DOLLAR inscribed below, accompanied by the engraver's initials IRB beneath the portrait. |
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| Reverse description | A highly detailed naturalistic depiction of an Australian sugar glider rendered in high relief, shown clambering amid native Australian flora including flowering blossoms, wattle foliage, and leafy branches that fill the lower and left portions of the field. The animal's long bushy tail arcs dramatically across the upper field, while a dragonfly in flight is depicted above centre. The curved legend AUSTRALIAN SUGAR GLIDER runs along the right periphery, with the Perth Mint privy mark P and the designer's initials BM appearing in the lower central field. |
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The "Bush Babies" series was among the earlier Perth Mint releases to aggressively target the collector-and-circulator crossover market, issuing pieces nominally as legal tender through Australia Post and selected retail outlets rather than through conventional coin distribution. The Sugar Glider — Petaurus breviceps — is a marsupial whose range extends across much of the eastern Australian mainland and into Papua New Guinea.
KM#1575 is frequently encountered in original packaging, suggesting most examples never circulated.