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20 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Kangaroo Dreaming
| Issuer | Perth Mint |
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| Year | 2008-2009 |
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| Weight | 5 g |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 2008 IRB 20 DOLLARS 5g 9999 GOLD |
| Reverse description | The reverse displays a stylised kangaroo rendered in the tradition of Aboriginal Dreaming art, shown in upright stance with internal skeletal and geometric patterning filling the body in the manner of traditional Indigenous Australian X-ray art. The background field is decorated with a sunburst or diamond-pattern engraving, while circular dot motifs and concentric ring designs reminiscent of Aboriginal iconography appear in the corners and margins. The designer's initials DB appear at lower right. The overall composition is framed within a plain rectangular border consistent with the bar format of the coin. |
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The "Kangaroo Dreaming" series was part of Perth Mint's broader push in the late 2000s to move beyond purely bullion-grade product into collector-focused fractional gold — a market that the Royal Canadian Mint was aggressively capturing at the time. The Ian Rank-Broadley effigy used here, designated the fourth portrait, was adopted by Australian coinage in 1999 and remained standard through 2018.
KM#1109 covers two years of issue, though mintage figures for individual years within the series were never publicly disaggregated by Perth Mint — a recordkeeping habit that continues to frustrate variety collectors.