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1 Dollar Coin
	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 one dollar coin was first issued in 1984 to replace the one 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.

[edit] Commemorative issue

Main article: Australian commemorative coins

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, 2006 and 2008 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 coin B.
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.
2009: Centenary of Commonwealth pention.

Coins not issued for circulation: Some have the mintmarks for Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Canberra and were issues for the show periods.

1992: Barcelona Olympics.
1994: Tenth anniversary of the $1 coin.
1995: 80th Anniversary of Gallipoli?.
1995: Waltzing Matilda.
1997: Sir Charles Kingsford Smith coin A.
1998: Howard Florey.
1999: The last ANZACs.
2000: HMAS Sydney II.
2000: Victoria Cross.
2000: Sydney Olympics.
2001: 80th Anniversary of the Royal Australian Air Force.
2001: 90th Anniversary of the Royal Australian Navy.
2001: 100th Anniversary of the Australian Army.
2003: Korean War.
2003: Vietnam War.
2004: Eureka.
2005: 90th Anniversary of Gallipoli.
2006: 50 Years of Television
2006: Melbourne Commonwealth Games
2006: Ashes Coin
2006: Ocean Series Collection - Clown Fish
2007: Ocean Series Collection - Biscuit Star
2007: Ocean Series Collection - Longfin Bannerfish
2007: Ocean Series Collection - Shark
2007: Polar Exploration
2007: 75th Anniversary of the Sydney Harbour Bridge
2007: Year of the Surf Lifesaver
2008: Wombat
2008: Lunar
2008: Centenary of Australian Quarantine
2008: 100 Years of Australia Coat of Arms
2008: Australian Football 150 Years 1858 - 2008
2008: Centenary of Rugby League
2008: Centenary of Scouting
2009: International Year of Astronomy

[edit] References

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

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Preceded by One Dollar Note (Australian)	One Dollar (Australian) 1984–present	Succeeded by Present