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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Willandra Lakes
| Issuer | Perth Mint |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Thickness | 3.1 mm |
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| Reverse description | A wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax), rendered in fine relief by Ron Van Riel, is depicted perched on a gnarled branch facing left, set against a pad-printed polychrome landscape evoking the arid red rock formations and dramatic purple skies of the Willandra Lakes Region UNESCO World Heritage Area in New South Wales. The denomination $1 appears at the top of the field, flanked by the legend AUSTRALIA to the left and WILLANDRA LAKES REGION to the right. The Perth Mint's P mintmark is situated at the lower left, with the engraver's initials RVL visible at the lower right of the design. |
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Part of the Perth Mint's ongoing Australian Landmarks series, this dollar commemorates Willandra Lakes, a fossil system in western New South Wales inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1981. The site's significance is paleontological and archaeological rather than scenic — the dry lake beds preserve human remains dating back roughly 40,000 years, including the cremated Mungo Lady, among the oldest known examples of human ritual burial anywhere on earth.
The pad-printed color application was a production technique the Perth Mint leaned into heavily during this period for circulating commemoratives, applied over standard aluminium bronze blanks.