Physical Description. An round bronze coin (17.5 mm diameter plain edged) featuring on the obverse a crowned head of Elizabeth II facing right, around, ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA 1976. The reverse features a feather-tail glider; the denomination numeral 1 is left of the head and the artist's initials SD below it's body.
1c and 2c coins will continue to be legal tender: they can still be used to purchase goods and can be deposited with financial institutions in the normal manner." Both coins were withdrawn from circulation commencing in February 1992.
Ten of the 14 coins released in the series are 20 cent coins and four of them are Australia's first 25 cent coins. This NCLT 25 Cent coin Is the first "Quarter" ever issued by the RAM.
Yes, 1c and 2c pieces are still Australian legal tender, but they are not considered as 'currency' (or, money that is officially released for circulation). This means that you can take your old 1c and 2c coins to the bank and exchange them for currency totalling the same face value.
Since 1966, 53 billion coins have been produced, weighing 20,500 tonnes, with a face value of $71 million. The Royal Australian Mint stopped making the coins in 1990 because they were a drain on the mint's funds and held little value.
With 12 pennies in a shilling and 20 shillings in a pound, there was a lot of difficult maths involved in using our money. It was on 14 February 1966 that Australia started to use decimal currency – the dollars and cents that we know today.
The $1 coin was first introduced on 14 May 1984. Its reverse side features an image of five kangaroos, designed by Stuart Devlin. This image is still used today, but a number of commemorative designs have also been released.
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