Although the Australian one and two cents coins were withdrawn in 1992, they are still considered to be legal tender.
Any Australian bank should accept them as a deposit into your account or, exchange them for coins of an equivalent value.
Australian 1 cent coins are no longer in circulation, but unless they are part of a proof set or are in mint condition, they are worth 1 cent.
One is not a 5 cent coin, but the other one is.
One is a 50-cent coin, the other is a 5 cent coin....One is not a 5 cent coin, but the other is!!
The Australian 5 cent coin will go the way of the 1 and 2 cent coins one day, but the Royal Australian Mint has no plans to withdraw the 5 cent coin in the immediate future. New Zealand dispensed with their 5 cent coin in 2006.
An Australian 50 cent coin weighs 15.55 grams. There would be 64 x 50 cent coins in one kilogram.
Copper was a relatively cheap metal to make low denomination coins from, but due to inflation and the rising price of copper, it became less economical to continue making one and two cent coins.
One each of the 5, 10, 20 and 50 cent, 1 Dollar and 2 Dollar coins = 50.95 grams. Australian coins have the following weights - 1 cent - 2.59 grams 2 cent - 5.18 grams 5 cent - 2.83 grams 10 cent - 5.66 grams 20 cent - 11.31 grams 50 cent - 15.55 grams 1 Dollar - 9 grams 2 Dollar - 6.6 grams The 1 and 2 cent coins are still legal tender.
The last Australian 1 cent coins were minted in 1991. From their first issue in 1966, until their last issue in 1991, the Australian 1 cent coin had various portraits of Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse and a Feather-tailed glider on the reverse.
In view of their minimal purchasing power, the Australian 1 and 2 cent coins had became virtually worthless and considering their value, they were relatively expensive to make. The last Australian 1 cent coins were put into general circulation in 1990 and the last 2 cent coins were put into general circulation in 1989. They were both progressively withdrawn from circulation in 1994 and all prices rounded off to the nearest 5 cents. The Australian 1 and 2 cent coins have not been de-monetised and are still considered to be legal tender and can be deposited in banks. According to the Australian Currency Act of 1965, 1 and 2 cent coins are legal tender if, when submitted for payment, they do not exceed a combined value of 20 cents. There may be problems in getting a business to accept them however. The one cent coin was minted for "Mint Packs" only in 1991. The two cent coin was minted for "Mint Packs" only in 1990 and 1991. The only decimal copper coins used in Australia were the one and two cent coins.
75 cents can be made from 5 ten-cent coins, 3 five-cent coins, and 10 one-cent coins.
There are no Australian 5 cent coins minted for general circulation that could be considered to be rare. Australian 5 cent coins, in all years that they were minted, are still potentially in circulation so, unless they are part of a Proof or uncirculated mint set or are individual Proof or uncirculated coins and in absolute mint condition, they are worth 5 cents.
The only Australian 1 cent coins to be minted at the Royal Mint Wales, were 40 million of the total 223 million 1981 coins. The 1 cent coins minted at the RAM Canberra, show all whiskers as being sharp on the Feather Tailed Glider. It is unclear what the difference is, but it is likely that one or more whiskers would be blunted for coins minted at the Wales Mint.