Australian one dollar coin
| Australia | |
| Value | 1.00 AUD |
|---|---|
| Mass | 9.00 g |
| Diameter | 25.00 mm |
| Thickness | 3.00 mm |
| Edge | interrupted milled 0.25 mm 77 notches |
| Composition | 92% Copper, 6% Aluminium, 2% Nickel |
| Years of minting | 1984–present |
| Catalog number | — |
| Obverse | |
| Design | Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia |
| Designer | Ian Rank-Broadley |
| Design date | 1999 |
| Reverse | |
 | |
| Design | Five Kangaroos |
| Designer | Stuart Devlin |
| Design date | 1983 |
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[1] and the one-million-dollar coin[2]).
It was first issued on 14 May 1984[3] to replace the one-dollar note which was then in circulation, although plans to introduce a dollar coin had existed since the 1970s.[3] The first year of minting saw 186.3 million of the coins produced at the Royal Australian Mint in Canberra.[3]
Three portraits of Queen Elizabeth II have featured on the obverse, the 1984 head of Queen Elizabeth II by Arnold Machin; between 1985 and 1998 the head by Raphael Maklouf; and since 1999 the head by Ian Rank-Broadley. The coin features an inscription on its obverse of AUSTRALIA on the right-hand side and ELIZABETH II on the left-hand side.
The reverse features five kangaroos. The image was designed by Stuart Devlin, who designed Australia's first decimal coins in 1966.
Commemorative issue
The Royal Australian Mint has released a number of commemorative issued coins since the Australian $1 was released in 1984, some of which were not released into circulation. Circulated coins have their mintage within brackets.[3]
- 1986: International Year of Peace (25,200,000)
- 1988: Figure with Koori Kangaroo for 200 years of English colonisation (21,600,000)
- 1992: Barcelona Olympics
- 1993: Landcare Australia (18,200,000)
- 1994: Tenth anniversary of the $1 coin
- 1995: Waltzing Matilda
- 1996: Sir Henry Parkes (26,200,000)
- 1997: Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, coin A (24,400,000)
- 1997: Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, coin B
- 1998: Howard Florey
- 1999: Year of Older Persons (29,300,000)
- 1999: The last ANZACs
- 2000: HMAS Sydney II
- 2000: Victoria Cross
- 2000: Sydney Olympics (Olymphilex)
- 2001: 100 years of Federation (27,900,000)
- 2001: International Year of the Volunteer (6,000,000)
- 2001: 80th Anniversary of the Royal Australian Air Force
- 2001: 90th Anniversary of the Royal Australian Navy
- 2001: 100th Anniversary of the Australian Army
- 2002: Year of the Outback (35,400,000)
- 2003: Centenary of women's suffrage (10,000,000)
- 2003: Australia's Volunteers (4,100,000)
- 2003: 50th Anniversary of the end of the Korean War
- 2003: Vietnam War
- 2004: Eureka
- 2005: The Dancing Man—60 years since World War II (34,200,000)
- 2005: 90th Anniversary of Gallipoli
- 2006: 50 Years of Television
- 2006: Melbourne Commonwealth Games
- 2006: Ashes Coin
- 2006: Ocean Series Collection—Clown Fish
- 2007: APEC Australia 2007 (20,100,000)
- 2007: Ocean Series Collection—Biscuit Star
- 2007: Ocean Series Collection—Longfin Bannerfish
- 2007: Ocean Series Collection—Shark
- 2007: 4th International Polar Year
- 2007: 75th Anniversary of the Sydney Harbour Bridge
- 2007: Year of the Surf Lifesaver
- 2007: Year of the Pig Dollar
- 2007: Ashes Dollar
- 2007: Peacekeeping Dollar
- 2007: Norman Lindsay
- 2007: 50th Anniversary of the Australian Special Air Service
- 2008: Wombat
- 2008: International Year of Planet Earth
- 2008: Lunar
- 2008: Inspirational Australians: Mary MacKillop
- 2008: Centenary of Australian Quarantine
- 2008: 100 Years of the Australia Coat of Arms
- 2008: Australian Football 150 Years 1858–2008
- 2008: Centenary of Rugby League
- 2008: Centenary of Scouting (17,200,000)
- 2009: Inspirational Australians: Steve Irwin Dollar
- 2009: Master Mintmark Dollar
- 2009: Celebrating 100 Years Of Excellence Swimming
- 2009: 60 Years of Australian Citizenship
- 2009: Anzac Day Lest We Forget Dollar
- 2009: Bicentenary of Australia Post
- 2009: Centenary of Commonwealth pension
- 2009: International Year of Astronomy
- 2010: Burke and Wills Dollar
- 2010: 100 Years of Australian Coinage Dollar
- 2010: Year of the Tiger Dollar Lunar Series
- 2010: Fred Hollows Dollar Inspirational Australian Series—Health Care
- 2010: 100 years of the Girl Guides (1,000,000)
- 2011: Meeting of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth, in Perth, Western Australia
- 2011: Australian Wool Industry
- 2011: Lunar Series—Year of the Rabbit
- 2011: Ram Design (based on a design taken from the one shilling coin)
- 2011: Australian Citizenship
- 2011: Anzac Day, third Annual Release
- 2011: 85th Birthday of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II
- 2011: 100 Years of the Australian Census
- 2011: Inspirational Australians: Joan Sutherland
- 2011: Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
- 2011: The Presidents Cup
- 2011: 100th Anniversary of the Royal Australian Navy
- 2012: Lunar Series—Year of the Dragon
- 2012: Fields of Gold: Australian Wheat
- 2012: Ethel Pedley
- 2012: International Year of Co-operatives
- 2012: Australian Open Women's Trophy
- 2012: Australian Open Men's Trophy
- 2012: Wheat Sheaf (based on a design taken from the three pence coin)
- 2012: Year of the Farmer
- 2012: Inspirational Australians: Sir Douglas Mawson
- 2012: Discovery of Gold in Australia
- 2012: Australian Football League Premiership
- 2013: Bicentenary of the Holey Dollar and Dump
- 2013: Lunar Series—Year of the Snake
- 2013: 200 Years of the Benevolent Society
- 2013: Inspirational Australians: Slim Dusty
- 2013: Black Caviar Race Horse
- 2013: 60th Anniversary of the end of the Korean War
- 2013: 40th Anniversary of the Sydney Opera House
- 2014: 100 Years of ANZAC (21,800,000)
- 2015: 100 Years of ANZAC[4]
- 2016: 50th Anniversary of Australian Decimal Currency
See also
References
- ↑ "$200 Gold coin".
- ↑ "$1 million coin minted". smh.com.au. 2011-10-28. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
- 1 2 3 4 "One dollar". Royal Australian Mint. 1984-05-14. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
- ↑ "First coin of 2015 honours the Anzac Legend". Royal Australian Mint.
- Ian W. Pitt, ed. (2000). Renniks Australian Coin and Banknote Values (19th ed.). Chippendale, NSW: Renniks Publications. ISBN 0-9585574-4-6.
External links
- Australian Decimal Currency
- The Australian Dollar Coin
- Australian Coins: Type Collecting
- Pictures of Australian Coins
| Preceded by One Dollar Note (Australian) |
One Dollar (Australian) 1984–present |
Succeeded by Present |
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