Australia 2014 dollar

a typical circulated specimen, from the Mountain Groan Collection

In 1966, Australia abandoned the sterling coinage she had used since the days of Captain Cook and adopted the decimal dollar and cent. The one dollar coin was introduced in 1984 to supersede a banknote which was wearing out too quickly. The reverse is still in use altho a new bust of the queen was used in 1985 and revised again in 2000. Coinage production, formerly divided among the Sydney, Perth and Melbourne mints, is now concentrated at the Canberra Mint. The Perth mint manufactures and markets commemoratives. This commemorates the centennial of ANZAC, the Australian-New Zealand army of 1914-15 that was raised, trained and sent to Gallipoli to be slaughtered. This type was scheduled to be produced 2014-18.

Recorded mintage: 21,830,500, no proofs.

Specification: 9 g, aluminum-bronze, 25 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM unlisted.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
• McDonald, Greg, The Pocket Guide to Australian Coins and Banknotes, 23rd ed., Lavington, Australia, 2017.

Link to:

• Australia 2010 dollar KM-1499 centennial of Girl Guides
• 2012-P dollar, Year of the Dragon, 1 oz silver
• 2014 10 cents
• 2014-P dollar, wedge-tailed eagle, 1 oz silver
• 2014-P 100 dollars, 1 oz gold kangaroo
• 2014-P 500 dollars, koala, 5 oz gold
• 2015-P 15 dollars, Battle of the Coral Sea
• Coins and currency dated 2014
• return to coins of Australia