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When decimal currency was introduced in Australia in 1966, the chosen designer of the new coins was Stuart Devlin, who elected to use native Australian animals to reflect the uniqueness of Australian currency. The echidna was selected as one of these native animals.
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∙ 8y agoBy the early 1960s, the Australian government decided that Australia would have a decimal currency and that the designs on the coins and notes would reflect Australia.
The Australian Dollar was eventually chosen as the unit of currency, with 100 cents in the Dollar.
The designer of the original decimal coins was Stuart Devlin, and to reflect Australia he chose various indigenous animals.
- 1 cent = Feather Tailed Glider
- 2 cent = Frill Neck Lizard
- 5 cent = Echidna
- 10 cent = Superb Lyrebird
- 20 cent = Platypus
- 50 cent = Australian Coat of Arms including the kangaroo and emu
Decimal currency was introduced in Australia on 14 February 1966.
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What coins feature an echidna?
The echidna is on the Australian 5c piece.
What animal is on the Australian nickel?
Australia does not have nickels. Its currency is dollars and cents.However, the closest equivalent to the American nickel is the 5c piece, and on this coin is the echidna.
What is a Queen Elizabeth the second coin worth It says Australia 1999 at the front and it has a platypus and a number 5 on back?
This coin does not exist. The platypus is on the 20c coin, and is worth 20 cents. The 5c coin has an echidna on it, and is worth five Australian cents.
What plant appears on the 5c coin?
The only animal to appear on the 5c coin in US currency is the buffalo (1913-1938) Canadian 5c coins normally have a picture of a beaver building a dam, although special commemoratives issued during the 1967 Centennial carry a picture of a snowshoe hare. Australian 5c coins have a picture of an echidna, which is an unusual egg-laying mammal found only in that country. New Zealand 5c coins carried a picture of a reptile called a tuatara. The denomination was eliminated in 2006 due to low purchasing power.
Square coin from Neatherland has flowers on 1 side and a 5c and no date.is it a coin or metal?
I have one as well....all I can tell you is that there is a date on the saide of the coin that is 5c it is in the corner of the flowers and the coin I have 1923 tests to be silver
Which animal has it on the five cent coin?
An echidna is on the five cent coin.
What Detail Has A 5c Coin Have?
In New Zealand It is a Tuatara, but they have recently abolished the five cent coin.
What picture does a Australian 5 cent coin have?
The Australian 5 cent coin has an echidna on it?
Which animal has its picture on the five cent coin in Australia?
Echidna is the five cent coin in Australia
What is the value of a 1918 Estados Unidos Mexicanos 5C coin in average condition?
about 25 cents.
What is the value of a one french 5C 1911 coin?
15.386.000 coins were struck of this type. Value: about 10 dollars.
Australian animal on the five cent coin?
The echidna, a spiky monotreme (egg-laying mammal), is represented on Australia's five cent coin.
