Australian bank coins poster

Getting to know our currency

5c

[Image description: Image depicts one 5 cent coin.]
Coin: 5c
Cent value: 5 cents
Features: The echidna is an Australian monotreme (egg-laying mammal)

10c

[Image description: Image depicts one 10 cent coin.]
Coin: 10c
Cent value: 10 cents
Features: The lyrebird is a ground-dwelling Australian bird with the amazing ability to mimic sounds from its environment

20c

[Image description: Image depicts one 20 cent coin.]
Coin: 20c
Cent value: 20 cents
Features: The platypus is a semiaquatic monotreme (egg-laying mammal) unique to Australia

50c

[Image description: Image depicts one 50 cent coin.]
Coin: 50c
Cent value: 50 cents
Features: The Commonwealth Coat of Arms features a kangaroo, an emu and a shield showing symbols of the Australian states

$1

[Image description: Image depicts one $1 coin.]
Coin: $1
Cent value: 100 cents
Features: Kangaroos are the world’s largest marsupial

$2

[Image description: Image depicts one $2 coin.]
Coin: $2
Cent value: 200 cents
Features: The image represents an archetype of an Aboriginal tribal elder