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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Red-Back Spider
| Issuer | Perth Mint |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A large, naturalistically rendered red-back spider (Latrodectus hasselti) dominates the center of the field, depicted in applied color with its characteristic glossy black abdomen bearing a vivid red dorsal stripe. The spider is shown resting on an irregular geometric web, with two smaller spiders visible in the mid-ground and background of the composition. Sections of the web are highlighted with bold red coloring, enhancing the dramatic effect. The Cyrillic legend КРАСНОСПИННЫЙ ПАУК arcs along the upper periphery, while the Latin inscriptions 1oz 999 SILVER and LATRODECTUS HASSELTI appear along the lower field. |
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Part of Perth Mint's ongoing Australian wildlife bullion series, this issue appeared the same year the mint was expanding its colored coin program aggressively into Asian collector markets, where novelty silver with applied color commanded significant premiums over spot. The red-back spider — Latrodectus hasselti — is closely related to the American black widow and has been responsible for thousands of recorded envenomations in Australia, though no fatality has been confirmed since antivenom became widely available in 1956.
KM# 130 attribution places it within the broader one-dollar legal tender series issued under Royal Australian Mint authorization but struck entirely by Perth.