Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Discover Australia - Canberra
| Issuer | Perth Mint |
|---|---|
| Year | 2006 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | DISCOVER AUSTRALIA Canberra 1 OZ 999 SILVER RV P 2006 |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | 2006 P - Proof - Colored - 4,926 |
| Additional information |
The Discover Australia series, launched by the Perth Mint in 2006, used pad printing — an industrial transfer process borrowed from the commercial plastics industry — to apply color directly onto the coin surface. At the time it was a relatively novel application in numismatics, and the Perth Mint was among the first sovereign-backed facilities to employ it at scale on legal tender issues. The technique allowed landmark subjects to be rendered in ways conventional die work cannot achieve.
Canberra was purpose-built as a political compromise between Sydney and Melbourne, whose rivalry over hosting the federal capital was written directly into the Australian Constitution's clause requiring a neutral site.