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Message:: [QUOTE="Clinker, post: 940742, member: 6229"]Australian 30th Anniversary Decimal-Coinage Commemorative Coin In 1996 collectors of Australian proof silver (0.9990 oz. ASW) Dollar commemorative coins received a treat. A Dollar was struck to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of Australia's decimal coins. The coin, itself, features seven coins on its reverse. An image of the reverse of Australia's One Penny coin bearing a hopping kangaroo facing right was placed in the middle of the map of Australia. The other six coins which are decimal coins are placed in denominational order progressing clockwise beginning to the right of the map. Decimal coins were first minted in 1966  First up is Australia's 1996 Dollar Commemorative (whimsicalnotions.com photo): <a href="http://www.whimsicalnotions.com.au/product.php?id=930" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.whimsicalnotions.com.au/product.php?id=930" rel="nofollow">http://www.whimsicalnotions.com.au/product.php?id=930</a> Here is a photo showing both obverse and reverse of the Kangaroo Penny (worldcoingallery.com photo) which was first struck in 1938: <a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-36&desc=Australia%20km36%201%20Penny%20(1938-1952)&query=Australia%20km%2036" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-36&desc=Australia%20km36%201%20Penny%20(1938-1952)&query=Australia%20km%2036" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-36&desc=Australia km36 1 Penny (1938-1952)&query=Australia km 36</a> As previously stated decimal coinage started in 1966. Here's photos of those six coins courtesy of worldcoingallery.com: 17.51mm Bronze Cent with Feather-tailed Glider (flying mouse) Reverse: <a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-62&desc=Australia%20km62%201%20Cent%20(1966-1984)&query=Australia%20km%2062" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-62&desc=Australia%20km62%201%20Cent%20(1966-1984)&query=Australia%20km%2062" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-62&desc=Australia km62 1 Cent (1966-1984)&query=Australia km 62</a> 21.6mm Bronze 2 Cents with Frill-necked Lizard Reverse: <a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-63&desc=Australia%20km63%202%20Cents%20(1966-1984)&query=Australia%20km%2063" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-63&desc=Australia%20km63%202%20Cents%20(1966-1984)&query=Australia%20km%2063" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-63&desc=Australia km63 2 Cents (1966-1984)&query=Australia km 63</a> 19.6mm Cu-Ni 5 Cents with Echidna on Reverse: <a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-64&desc=Australia%20km64%205%20Cents%20(1966-1984)&query=Australia%20km%2064" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-64&desc=Australia%20km64%205%20Cents%20(1966-1984)&query=Australia%20km%2064" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-64&desc=Australia km64 5 Cents (1966-1984)&query=Australia km 64</a> 23.6mm Cu-Ni 10 Cents with Lyrebird on Reverse: <a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-65&desc=Australia%20km65%2010%20Cents%20(1966-1984)&query=Australia%20km%2065" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-65&desc=Australia%20km65%2010%20Cents%20(1966-1984)&query=Australia%20km%2065" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-65&desc=Australia km65 10 Cents (1966-1984)&query=Australia km 65</a> 28.5mm Cu-Ni 20 Cents with Duckbill Platypus on Reverse: <a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-66&desc=Australia%20km66%2020%20Cents%20(1966-1998)%20&query=Australia%20km%2066" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-66&desc=Australia%20km66%2020%20Cents%20(1966-1998)%20&query=Australia%20km%2066" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-66&desc=Australia km66 20 Cents (1966-1998) &query=Australia km 66</a> 31.5mm silver (0.3416 oz. ASW) 50 Cents with Coat of Arms centered between a Kangaroo (left) and an Emu (right): <a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-67&desc=Australia%20km67%2050%20Cents%20(1966)&query=Australia%20km%2067" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-67&desc=Australia%20km67%2050%20Cents%20(1966)&query=Australia%20km%2067" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-67&desc=Australia km67 50 Cents (1966)&query=Australia km 67</a> Hope you enjoyed... Clinker[/QUOTE]

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