5 Cent Piece (Australia)
Value:	0.05 AUD
Mass:	2.83 g
Diameter:	19.41 mm
Thickness:	0.30? mm
Edge:	milled
Composition:	75%Copper, 25% Ni
Years of Minting:	1966–present
Catalog Number:	-
Obverse
Design:	Queen Elizabeth II, Australia's Queen
Designer:	Raphael Maklouf
Design Date:	1984
Reverse
Design:	Echidna
Designer:	Stuart Devlin
Design Date:	1966

The Australian 5 cent coin was first minted in 1966 with an initial mintage of 75.42 million, with very few of these still in circulation. ISO 4217 Code AUD User(s) Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island Inflation 4% (Australia only) Source Reserve Bank of Australia, June 2006 Pegged by Tuvaluan dollar at par Superunit 1000 grand Subunit 1/100 cent Symbol $ or AUD cent ¢ Coins ¢5, ¢10, ¢20... 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 nickel, Ni, 28 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 10, 4, d Appearance lustrous, metallic 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. ... Binomial name Tachyglossus aculeatus (Shaw, 1792) The Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus), also known as the Spiny Anteater because of its diet of ants and termites, is one of four living species of echidna and the only member of the genus Tachyglossus. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...

The reverse side depicts an Echidna and the obverse side the head of state, Monarch Elizabeth II. Image File history File links Australian_Five_Cents. ... Reverse may refer to: Obverse and reverse side of a coin changing the direction: of movement: forward - reverse, see gearbox of a design: see reverse engineering This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Species Genus Tachyglossus    T. aculeatus Genus Zaglossus    Z. attenboroughi    Z. bruijnii    Z. bartoni    Z. hacketti(extinct)    Z. robustus(extinct) Echidnas, sometimes also referred to as spiny anteaters, are the only surviving monotremes apart from the Platypus. ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. ...

There are no commemorative coins for this denomination. This coin has the highest mintage of any current coins and doesn't circulate well because of its value, like the 1 eurocent. The lowest minted year is 1972 with 8.25 million coins and the highest was 1981 with 172.13 million, and the average today is 80 million coins per year. No coins were issued in 1985-86 with the former valued at 30 A$ uncirculated. 1 cent euro coins are made of a steel core plated with copper. ...

There has been some debate about removing this coin from circulation, like in the New Zealand dollar mainly as stated for its low value and high costs. But currently no plans are in place to withdraw its circulation. A New Zealand $100 polymer banknote, replacement of the old paper notes. ...

References

• (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. ...