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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Green and Golden Bell Frog
| Issuer | Perth Mint |
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| Year | 2017 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The green and golden bell frog (*Litoria aurea*) was once abundant across southeastern Australia but collapsed catastrophically in the 1980s and 1990s, decimated by the chytrid fungus *Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis* alongside habitat loss. One of the more unlikely conservation stories surrounds a surviving population discovered in the 1990s on the site of a former industrial brickworks in Homebush Bay — the future venue for the 2000 Sydney Olympics — forcing significant engineering compromises during stadium construction.
Perth Mint's colored wildlife series has leaned heavily on threatened native fauna since the early 2000s. This issue is struck to .9999 fineness rather than the more common .999 standard.