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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Turtle Dreaming
| Issuer | Perth Mint, Australia |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | The fourth-generation effigy of Queen Elizabeth II faces right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara, as designed by Ian Rank-Broadley. The sovereign's mature portrait is rendered in fine relief against a flat field. The surrounding legend reads ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2008, with the denomination 1 DOLLAR and the fineness specification 1oz 999 SILVER also inscribed. The engraver's initials IRB appear below the truncation of the bust. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2008 IRB 1 DOLLAR 1oz 999 SILVER |
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The "Turtle Dreaming" dollar belongs to a Perth Mint series drawing on Aboriginal Dreaming narratives — a commercial line the mint developed in the mid-2000s targeting the bullion collector market. These are not circulation issues; they were struck exclusively as numismatic products and distributed through dealer networks internationally. The KM#1103 reference places it within the broader Australian dollar series of that period, though it shares little practical history with circulating coinage.
Perth's .999 fine one-troy-ounce format was by 2008 well-established infrastructure, and the mint's reputation for precise die work on themed silver rounds was already drawing significant Asian market interest.