1 Dollar - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - Land Series - Wombat
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# 41822 |
| References | KM# 1071 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). |
Commemorative issue
Wombat
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
Wombat exiting a hollow log
Script: Latin
Lettering: 1 DOLLAR
Designer: Sabina Foster
Edge
7 shorter smooth segments between 7 reeded segments (11 grooves each)
© brismike (CC BY-NC)
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.
Nicknamed "Bulldozers of the Bush", Wombats are great diggers and can move most things in their path, including farmers fences. Female Wombats pouches face backwards, so when they dig, their young are protected from debris.
Nicknamed "Bulldozers of the Bush", Wombats are great diggers and can move most things in their path, including farmers fences. Female Wombats pouches face backwards, so when they dig, their young are protected from debris.
See also
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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Land Series - Echidna)
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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Land Series - Wallaby)
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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Land Series - Koala)
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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Land Series - Bilby)
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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait - Land Series - Frilled-Neck Lizard)
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 2008 | 23 995 | $ 11 | BU in Coincard | ||||||||||||
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