Australian 50 cent 2004 native fauna YEAR  2001 - 2004 DENOMINATION  50 Cents In 2003 the Royal Australian Mint invited Australian Primary School Students to enter a competition to design a 50 cent coin with the theme 'Australia'. A panel of judges selected five finalists based on the criteria of artistic merit commemorative appropriateness and suitability for minting. The designs were published on the Royal Australian Mint's web site and the public were asked to vote for their favorite. The winning entry was submitted by John Serrano a year 5/6 student from St. Peter's Primary School East Keilor Victoria. John's hand-drawn design incorporates three Australian fauna icons - a koala holding onto a gum tree a lorikeet with wings outstretched and a wombat. Mint designer Vladimir Gottwald has faithfully sculpted the design to accurately reproduce the artist's drawing.

When it rains it pours....... i got 3 of the same in my pocket change at 3 different shops over 2 days. pity i already had this one. somebody must be burning through a collection at the bottle shop. Australia 2002 Outback DollarYear of Issue 2002Denomination $1Metal Aluminium Bronze2002 was designated as the Year of the Outback, to celebrate that part of Australia that is so internationally famous (but actually lived in by very few Australians). With more than 7000 activities held Australia wide during the year the RAM decided to cash in on the event by releasing the 2002 Year of the Outback dollar.The Year of the Outback dollar was the circulation dollar for 2002 (34 million minted)

In my pocket change todayCentenary of Scouts 2008 $1Year of Issue 2008Denomination $1• Celebrates the 100th anniversary of Scouting in Australia• Australian legal tender from the Royal Australian Mint• Becoming harder to find in change in higher grades•Scouts Australia was founded 100 years ago. We all know just how big a part of our culture the Scouts have become since then, with over 60,000 scouts spread across the country.Scouts have an incredible record of success in contributing to their communities, many becoming national and international leaders. Eleven of the 12 men who have walked on the moon, former US President Bill Clinton, Walt Disney and David Beckham were all active Scouts.Closer to home the scouting movement has seen the involvement of world champion driver Sir Jack Brabham, TV personality Jamie Durie and adventurer and businessman Dick Smith.

Introducing myself.  My name is Linda and im a current ANA Diploma Program Student. Ive so far completed 5 parts of the program with 3 of my marks being honors.  I am from Australia. My blog will be documenting the Commemorative circulation issue coins i find in my pocket change each day.LindaCoin   $1 coin  2003     Centenary of Women's Suffrage In 1902, women were granted the right to vote in Australia in Federal Elections. The Centenary of Women's Suffrage 2003 $1 coin honours this landmark decision a century later.This coin is hard to find in change in any grade. It's impossible to find 'in your loose change' in the strictly Uncirculated condition. The reverse is by Vladimir Gottwald.Country of Issue AustraliaYear of Issue 2003Denomination $1Issued By Royal Australian MintCoin Twenty Cents 2005 60th Anniversary of the End of WW2The inscription reads WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945 COMING HOME.This is a circulating commemorative twenty cent coin commemorating the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II. The reverse was designed and sculpted by Vladimir Gottwald.The design was modeled on a photograph from the Australian War Memorial and after a nationwide search it was found that the young girl in the design is Jaquie Dowling and her mother Lorna greeting Private William Leslie Darcy, an ex Prisoner of War on his return home in 1945.War memorial historian Dr Peter Stanley worked closely with Royal Australian Mint engraver Vladimir Gottwald to bring this image to a circulating 20 cent coin. The reverse of the coin features Gottwald's stylised G signature below the 20 [cents] value.Country of Issue AustraliaYear of Issue 2005Denomination 20centIssued By Royal Australian Mint