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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Green Turtle
| Issuer | Perth Mint, Australia |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Thickness | 3.1 mm |
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| Obverse description | Fourth-generation effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, after the model by Ian Rank-Broadley, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara. The legend ELIZABETH II encircles the upper field, with AUSTRALIA 2008 and the denomination 1 DOLLAR positioned 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 2008 1 DOLLAR IRB |
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The Green Turtle dollar was part of Perth Mint's annually rotating Australian Animal series, which ran alongside — but distinct from — the Royal Australian Mint's standard circulation program. Perth's coloured coin issues of this period were legal tender but produced explicitly for the collector market, meaning virtually none entered circulation. The 4th portrait of Elizabeth II, by Ian Rank-Broadley, had been adopted by Australia in 1999 and would remain in use until the 2019 transition to Jody Clark's effigy.