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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 6th Portrait - Star Dreaming - The Seven Sisters
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Thickness | 3 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2020 1 DOLLAR JC |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a two-register composition celebrating the Aboriginal astronomical tradition known as Star Dreaming. In the lower half, a sculptural matte relief depicts a group of female figures — the Seven Sisters — in dynamic motion, running and leaping from right to left across the field. The upper half features a vibrant pad-printed colourised rendering of the Pleiades star cluster, executed in the style of traditional Aboriginal dot painting, with concentric circles and dotted patterns in ochre, yellow, and white tones set against a deep blue ground. The legend THE SEVEN SISTERS and the specification 1/2 oz .999 Ag appear in the field. |
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Part of the Royal Australian Mint's ongoing Star Dreaming series, this dollar draws on Adnyamathanha and other Aboriginal astronomical traditions in which the Pleiades cluster carries specific ancestral meaning — the Seven Sisters narrative is one of the most widespread story complexes across the Australian continent, appearing in dozens of distinct language groups with remarkable structural consistency. The pad-printing technique, applied over the struck silver blank, allows colour saturation that conventional enamelling cannot achieve at this scale.