1 Dollar piece (Australia)
Value:	1.00 AUD
Mass:	9.00 g
Diameter:	25.00 mm
Thickness:	3.00 mm
Edge:	interrupted milled 0.25 mm
Composition:	92%Copper, 6%Aluminium, 2%Nickel
Years of Minting:	1984–present
Catalog Number:	-
Obverse
Design:	Queen Elizabeth II, Australia's Queen
Designer:	Raphael Maklouf
Design Date:	1984
Reverse
Design:	5 Kangaroos
Designer:	Stuart Devlin
Design Date:	1983

The Australian 1 dollar coin was first issued in 1984 to replace the 1 dollar note then in circulation, this coin seems to be the most circulated denomination in Australia. All three portraits of the Queen have been minted, the 1984 head of Queen Elizabeth II by Arnold Machin; between 1985 and 1998 the head by Raphael Maklouf; and since 1999 the head by Ian Rank-Broadley. Inscription of AUSTRALIA on the right hand side and ELIZABETH II on the left hand side. ISO 4217 Code AUD User(s) Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island Inflation 3. ... BIC pen cap, about 1 gram. ... A millimetre (American spelling: millimeter), symbol mm is an SI unit of length that is equal to one thousandth of a metre. ... General Name, Symbol, Number copper, Cu, 29 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 4, d Appearance metallic pinkish red Atomic mass 63. ... General Name, Symbol, Number aluminium, Al, 13 Chemical series poor metals Group, Period, Block 13, 3, p Appearance silvery Atomic mass 26. ... General Name, Symbol, Number nickel, Ni, 28 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 10, 4, d Appearance lustrous, metallic and silvery with a gold tinge Atomic mass 58. ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. ... Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, in 1952 and 2002 The title Queen of Australia has existed since 1973, when the Parliament of Australia passed the Royal Style and Titles Act (1973). ... Raphael Maklouf (born 10 December 1937) is a sculptor, best known for designing the effigy of Queen Elizabeth used on Commonwealth coinage from 1985 to 1997. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Australian_One_Dollar_Rev. ... Species Macropus rufus Macropus giganteus Macropus fuliginosus Macropus antilopinus A kangaroo is any of several large animals of the Macropodidae, a marsupial family that also includes the wallabies, tree-kangaroos, wallaroos, pademelons and the Quokka, some 63 living species in all. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Arnold Machin (30 September 1911 _ 9 March 1999) was a British artist, sculptor, coin and stamp designer. ... Raphael Maklouf (born 10 December 1937) is a sculptor, best known for designing the effigy of Queen Elizabeth used on Commonwealth coinage from 1985 to 1997. ...

Commemorative issue

Not all years have issues for circulation with 1987,1989,1990,1991,1992 only in mintpacks. Issue 1984, 1985, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2005 and 2006 are the only issue with the Kangaroo portrait. Commemorative coins issued for circulation being:

• 1986: International Year of Peace.
• 1988: Figure with and Koori Kangaroo for 200 years of English colonisation.
• 1993: Landcare Australia.
• 1996: Sir Henry Parkes.
• 1997: Sir Charles Kingsford Smith.
• 1999: Year of Older Persons.
• 2001: 2 coin issues
  • 100 years of Federation.
  • International Year of the Volunteer.
• 2002: Year of the Outback.
• 2003: 2 coin issues
  • Centenary of women's suffrage.
  • Australia's Volunteers.
• 2005: The Dancing Man - 60 years since World War II.
• 2007: APEC Australia 2007.

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• 1994: Tenth anniversary of the $1 coin.
• 1995: 80th Anniversary of Gallipoli.
• 2005: 90th Anniversary of Gallipoli.

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Reference

• (2000) Ian W. Pitt: Renniks Australian Coin and Banknote Values, 19th ed., Chippendale, N.S.W.: Renniks Publications. ISBN 0-9585574-4-6. 

Chippendale is a small inner suburb of Sydney, Australia, sandwiched between Broadway to the north and Cleveland Street to the south, and Sydney Central railway station to the east and the University of Sydney to the west. ... Obverse of $1 note Reverse of $1 note The $1 note was introduced in 1966 to replace the 10 Shilling note due to Decimalisation. ...