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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - World Youth Day
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Composition | Aluminium bronze (Pad Printed) |
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| Obverse description | Fourth portrait effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara, as modelled by Ian Rank-Broadley. The legend ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1 DOLLAR arcs around the upper periphery, with the engraver's initials IRB appearing below the truncation of the bust. The date and denomination are incorporated within the legend. |
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| Mintage | 2008 P - BU in Coincard - 40,953 2008 P - BU in PNC - 50,000 2008 P - BU in WMF 2 Coin Set - |
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World Youth Day 2008 brought an estimated 500,000 pilgrims to Sydney — the largest peacetime gathering in Australian history — and the Royal Australian Mint issued this dollar to mark the occasion. The pad-printing process, applied directly to the coin's surface rather than struck into it, was relatively novel for Australian circulation issues at the time and gave the colored design a vibrancy that conventional die work could not achieve.