1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Western Australia

Part of the Royal Australian Mint's state and territory series, this dollar marks the centenary of Western Australia's 1909 federal transfer of the Fremantle Naval Base to Commonwealth control — one of the last significant acts of post-federation asset handover between the state and federal governments. Pad printing, rather than traditional engraving, was used to apply the color, a technique the RAM adopted for these commemorative issues to allow chromatic detail impossible through conventional die work.