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Pages in category "Decimal coins of Australia" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. ... Australian 2c Coin.png; File:Australian 10c Coin.png;
"Design of the new decimal currency", first broadcast by the ABC in 1964. The Royal Australian Mint has announced that, following the death of Queen Elizabeth II in 2022, it will produce one million $1 coins bearing King Charles' face in 2023 [1] with the new effigy to fully replace a temporary memorial effigy of Queen Elizabeth II by May 2024. [2]
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.
One sold at auction in 2009 for an estimated $2 million Australian, which equals about $1.3 million U.S. dollars. ... The rarity of this coin has pushed its value to more than $340,000 USD.
Decimal coins of Australia (13 P, 13 F) Pages in category "Coins of Australia" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
A year later Australian pennies and half-pennies entered circulation. Unlike in New Zealand, there was no half-crown. In 1931 gold sovereigns stopped being minted in Australia. A crown or five-shilling coin was minted in 1937 and 1938. Coinage of the Australian pound was replaced by decimalised coins of the Australian dollar on 14 February 1966 ...
A–Z (alphabet) coins issued featuring 'Iconic Australia'. A total of 26 coins issued. Great Coin Hunt – three A letter 'X' coin of the great coin hunt was released with a coloured reverse. Australian Football League premiership coin hunt Twenty coins released featuring eighteen team badges and two featuring the AFL & AFLW winning cups
Pre-decimal Australian coins remain legal tender for 10 cents per shilling. Before 2006 the old New Zealand 5, 10 and 20 cent coins were often mistaken for Australian coins of the same value, and vice versa, and therefore circulated in both countries. The UK replaced these coins with smaller versions from 1990 to 1993, as did New Zealand in 2006.