1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Land Series - Echidna

Features

Issuer	Australia
Queen	Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type	Non-circulating coins
Year	2008
Value	1 Dollar 1 AUD = USD 0.71
Currency	Dollar (1966-date)
Composition	Aluminium bronze (92% Copper, 6% Aluminium, 2% Nickel, Pad Printed)
Weight	9 g
Diameter	25 mm
Thickness	2.5 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled, Coloured
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 41820
References	KM# 1068 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

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Commemorative issue

Echidna

Series: Land Series

Obverse

4th portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II
AUSTRALIA 2008
IRB

Designer: Ian Rank-Broadley

Reverse

Coloured Echidna on Grass eating Ants

Script: Latin

Lettering: 1 DOLLAR

Designer: Sabina Foster

Edge

7 shorter smooth segments between 7 reeded segments (11 grooves each)

Mint

Royal Australian Mint, Canberra, Australia (1965-date)

Comments

Issued by the RAM in a tall Coincard in 2008 is this NCLT Pad Printed/Colourised Reverse Frosted $1 Aluminium-bronze coin. It is part of the six coin Land Animals Series of coins issued in individual Coincards in 2008-2009.

Echidnas are the only mammals aside from the Platypus that lay egs. Baby Echidnas are called Puggles. They hatch from the egg after ten days then live inside the mother's pouch for about 50 days, feeding on her milk.

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Date			Mintage		VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
2008			21 889							$ 21		BU in Coincard

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