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2 Dollars - Elizabeth II Alien: 40th Anniversary
| Issuer | Perth Mint, Australia |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Value | 2 Dollars |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Highly detailed, colorized depiction of the iconic Xenomorph creature from the 1979 film Alien, rendered in deep relief with an antiqued finish. The biomechanical alien head with its elongated cranium and exposed inner jaw dominates the right portion of the design, rendered in iridescent green and black coloring. To the left, a circular rope-bordered motif encloses a facehugger creature in high relief. The word ALIEN™ is inscribed in spaced letters along the lower border, and the Perth Mint's P mintmark appears within the central design. The copyright legend TM & © 1979, 2019 FOX is inscribed along the left field. |
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Perth Mint's "Alien" release sits within a broader run of licensed pop-culture issues that the mint began aggressively pursuing in the 2010s as bullion demand softened and collector premiums became a more reliable revenue stream. This particular piece marks four decades since Ridley Scott's 1979 film entered production under 20th Century Fox — a project so notoriously over-budget and secretive during filming at Shepperton Studios that cast members were allegedly not shown H.R. Giger's creature designs until they encountered them on set.
The two-troy-ounce format was deliberate — matching weight to the film's tension-per-minute ratio is not a coincidence any mint marketing department would pass up.