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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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| Engraver(s) | Ian Rank-Broadley |
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| Obverse description | The fourth portrait effigy of Queen Elizabeth II faces right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara. The legend ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1 DOLLAR curves around the upper periphery, with the designer's initials IRB appearing below the truncation of the bust. The portrait was modelled by Ian Rank-Broadley and is rendered in high relief against a flat field. |
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| Mint | Perth Mint, Australia (1899-date) |
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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.