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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Discover Australia - Kakadu
| Issuer | Perth Mint, Australia |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Weight | 31.1035 g |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a vivid colour-printed depiction of a Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) resting amongst lush Water Lilies, evoking the iconic wetlands of Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory of Australia. The naturalistic scene is rendered in pad-printed polychrome colour applied over the struck silver surface, lending exceptional pictorial detail to the wildlife subject. The legend DISCOVER AUSTRALIA and the place name KAKADU are inscribed, accompanied by the denomination and purity inscriptions 1 OZ 999 SILVER, the designer's initials JR P, and the date 2008. |
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| Reverse lettering | DISCOVER AUSTRALIA Kakadu 1 OZ 999 SILVER JR P 2008 |
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The Discover Australia series, launched by the Perth Mint in 2008, applied pad printing technology to bring color to proof silver issues — a process borrowed from industrial manufacturing that deposits ink onto the coin's surface without affecting the die-struck relief beneath. Kakadu National Park, the subject here, had been nominated for UNESCO World Heritage listing across two separate inscriptions: natural in 1981, then cultural in 1987, one of very few sites worldwide listed under both criteria simultaneously.