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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Binny - Bilby, Bullion Proof
| Issuer | Royal Australian Mint |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Weight | 1.24 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | 5 DOLLARS 1/25oz 999.99Au |
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The bilby became a focus of Australian conservation efforts in the 1980s after the species had been eliminated from roughly 80% of its former range by introduced foxes and rabbits. The Royal Australian Mint has periodically used threatened native fauna on bullion issues partly to leverage that public awareness — the bilby in particular benefits from an unusually high profile for a marsupial, owing to an ongoing campaign to replace the Easter Bunny in Australian popular culture with the species.
Ian Rank-Broadley's fourth portrait of Elizabeth II, introduced in 1998, first appeared on Australian coinage that year.