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The one-dollar coin was introduced in 1984, to replace the banknote of the same value. The two-dollar coin, also replacing a banknote, was introduced in 1988. They have content of 2% nickel, 6% aluminium and 92% copper. The two-dollar coin is smaller in diameter than the one-dollar coin, but the two-dollar is slightly thicker.
The twelve-sided Australian fifty-cent coin is the third-highest denomination coin of the Australian dollar and the largest in terms of size in circulation. It is equal in size and shape to the Cook Island $5 coin, and both remain the only 12-sided coins in the southern hemisphere.
British coins continued in use until 1910, when Australian silver coins were introduced. These included florins, shillings, sixpences and threepences. They had a portrait of King Edward VII on one side. Australian pennies and half-pennies were introduced into circulation the following year. In 1931 gold sovereigns stopped being minted in Australia.
Maps: Nauru has issued some non-circulating map shaped coins. [82] [83] Australia also has issued some non-circulating map shaped coins (1 dollar coins in the shape of the map of Australia). [84] Coca-Cola cap: Fiji has issued some non-circulating coins shaped like the cap of a Coca-Cola bottle. [85]
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 ...
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The only commemorative coin in this denomination was issued in 2016 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of decimal currency. [2] As of 2023–24, the 5c coin has the highest mintage of any current coins. [3] The lowest mintage was 8.25 million coins in 1972, and the highest was 306.5 million in 2006.
The Australian florin was a coin used in the Commonwealth of Australia before decimalisation in 1966. The florin was worth two shillings (24 pence , or one-tenth of a pound ). The denomination was first minted in 1910 to the same size and weight as the British florin .