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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Silver Kangaroo
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1966-date) |
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| Obverse description | Fourth portrait effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara, as designed by Ian Rank-Broadley. The legend ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA and the date 2001 appear around the periphery, with the designer's initials IRB truncated below the portrait. The effigy is rendered in high relief against a polished field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2001 IRB |
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The Silver Kangaroo dollar was introduced by the Royal Australian Mint in 1998 as a direct competitor to the Perth Mint's Lunar and Kookaburra bullion series — an unusual instance of two government mints within the same country actively competing for the same bullion buyer market. The RAM had long ceded the prestige bullion space to Perth and this series was its attempt to reclaim ground.
The 2001 issue carries Ian Rank-Broadley's fourth portrait of Elizabeth II, adopted across Commonwealth coinage from 1998 onward.