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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Sydney New Year's Eve
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Composition | Silver (.999) (Pad Printed) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a stylised panoramic view of Sydney Harbour at night, depicting the iconic Sydney Opera House in the centre foreground, the Sydney Harbour Bridge arching to the right, and the city skyline with the Sydney Tower visible to the left. Above the cityscape, a vivid pad-printed coloured fireworks display bursts across a deep night sky in multicoloured hues of blue, green, gold, and red, evoking the famous Sydney New Year's Eve celebrations. The legend SYDNEY NEW YEAR'S EVE arcs along the upper border, while the inscription 1/2 oz .999 Ag appears in the lower exergue. |
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The Royal Australian Mint's annual Sydney New Year's Eve dollar belongs to a short-lived pad-printing program that applied color directly onto the coin surface rather than using enamel inlay — a cheaper process that attracted collector criticism for durability concerns, with some examples showing ink degradation within years of issue. Sydney's New Year's Eve fireworks display, the first major celebration broadcast globally each January 1st due to time zones, gave the mint a reliable annual peg for themed releases throughout the 2010s.