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The Royal Australian Mint regularly releases collectable coins, one of the most famous of which is the 1980–1994 gold two-hundred-dollar coin series. Australian collectable coins are all legal tender [10] and can be used directly as currency or converted to "normal" coinage at a bank.
Learn about the current and past circulating coins in Australia, how they are made, issued and recycled. See the designs and values of the coins from one cent to two dollars.
During the early days of the colonies that formed Australia, foreign as well as British currency was used, but in 1910, a decade after federation, Australian coins were introduced. Australia used pounds, shillings and pence until 1966, when it adopted the decimal system with the Australian dollar divided into 100 cents. With the exception of ...
Learn about the history and value of pre-decimal Australian coins, from half pennies to sovereigns, minted from 1910 to 1964. Find out about errors, varieties and characteristics of these coins and how to collect them.
The one dollar coin was first introduced on 14 May 1984. Planning for a one dollar coin commenced as early as the mid-1970s. It was recognised that Australia needed a higher value coin which could be practically used in coin operated machines and to replace the one dollar note which had a short service life through high use.Mr Stuart Devlin was commissioned to design the reverse of the new coin.
Design DetailsYearMintage (millions)Mint*Five Kangaroos designed and sculpted by ...2021 20220.16 6.151RAM RAMThe world's first one dollar coin ...2020 202112.5 12.9RAM RAMCelebrating a 100 years of Qantas20202.0RAMFive Kangaroos designed and sculpted by ...2019 (IRB) 2019 (JC) 2020 (JC)10.7 2.1 6.4RAM RAM RAMLearn about the history, design and features of Australian coins, and shop for collectible and commemorative coins online. Discover the latest releases, such as the Donation Dollar and the Bluey Dollarbucks Coins.
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The Australian one-dollar coin is the second most valuable circulation denomination coin of the Australian dollar after the two-dollar coin; there are also non-circulating legal-tender coins of higher denominations (five-, ten-, two-hundred-dollar coins [3] and the one-million-dollar coin [4] ). It was first issued on 14 May 1984 [5] to replace ...
