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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Tasmania, Spotted-tailed Quoll
| Issuer | Perth Mint, Australia |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Technique | Milled, Colored |
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| Reverse description | A Spotted-tailed Quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) is depicted standing on a branch, its distinctive spotted coat rendered in vivid pad-printed color against a richly colored background featuring a dramatic Tasmanian wilderness waterfall scene with lush native vegetation. The design showcases the naturalistic detail characteristic of Perth Mint wildlife issues, with the animal shown in profile amid its native habitat. The upper field carries the legend AUSTRALIA $1 TASMANIAN WILDERNESS, while the lower portion of the reverse bears the inscriptions 1oz 999 SILVER and the Perth Mint's P mintmark, along with the designation RV. |
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| Reverse lettering | AUSTRALIA $1 TASMANIAN WILDERNESS 1oz 999 silver P RV |
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Part of Perth Mint's long-running Australian Animals series, this issue celebrates the spotted-tailed quoll at a moment when the species was already listed as endangered across much of its mainland range. The pad-printing technique — a process borrowed from industrial manufacturing — allowed for the polychrome surface detail that conventional die-striking cannot achieve, applied after the coin blank is struck and polished.
The spotted-tailed quoll is the largest carnivorous marsupial remaining on the Australian mainland, a position it holds only because the thylacine is extinct.